US 7,028,851 B1Granted

Carrying device for box-shaped items

AssigneeJoergen Fenger Aps

InventorJørgen Fenger

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Abstract

A carrying device for box-shaped items, such as compact discs in covers, comprises an upper, elongate retaining means with a rubber-elastic portion and a stop for the items, and a lower, elongate carrying means with a horizontal supporting face and a stop for the items. The retaining means has preferably a lip facing the items. The carrying device may below have a shelf, preferably with saw-tooth shaped steps. The retaining means and the carrying means are preferably connected by a wall. The carrying device has preferably suspension means for suspension on a wall, and preferably supporting means for support against the wall. The supporting means are preferably lengthwise adjustable by shortening. The carrying device has preferably feet for resting on a tabletop, and its supporting structure is preferably constituted by an extruded metal blank.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A carrying device (1) for flat, box-shaped items (3), with the largest faces of these items (3) arranged in vertical planes, which carrying device (1) has a front for receiving the items (3), and a back, and comprises an upper retaining means (5) elongate in a crosswise direction (15) and a lower carrying means (6) elongate in the crosswise direction (15), placed under the upper retaining means (5) and extending in parallel and rigidly connected to the upper retaining means (5), said lower carrying means (6) having a substantially smooth and planar, essentially horizontal upper supporting surface;

a first stop (11, 14, 37a) for the items (3) being placed adjacent to and behind an upper supporting surface of the carrying means and being elongate in the crosswise direction (15);
and said retaining means (5) having on an underside thereof a rubber-elastic portion (32);
a second stop (11, 14, 37b) for the items (3) being placed behind the rubber-elastic portion (32) of the retaining means and being elongate in the crosswise direction (15), said rubber-elastic portion (32) having a wedge shaped lip (13), with an edge projecting downward substantially towards the lower carrying means (6) thus facing towards and adapted to be engaged with an upper edge (40) of an item (3), when said item is inserted into the carrying device (1).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.