Frame construction |
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| 申请号 | US3724678D | 申请日 | 1972-01-20 | 公开(公告)号 | US3724678A | 公开(公告)日 | 1973-04-03 |
| 申请人 | CHALLIER H; | 发明人 | CHALLIER H; | ||||
| 摘要 | Construction providing a frame for a display stand or the like and utilizing frame members formed of square plastic tubing having slotted side walls. A connector clip attachable to an upright frame member cooperates with a slotted plug enterable into an end of a horizontal frame member to provide means for joining one member to another. The construction includes hanger clips for shelves carried by the frame and support clips for vertically disposed side wall panels enclosing parts of the frame with both of these clips being received in side wall slots of the frame members. The frame construction includes reinforcing rods which can be inserted into the plastic frame members to strengthen them where required. | ||||||
| 权利要求 | 1. Frame construction comprising horizontal and vertical frame members each having a bore and side walls in which slots are formed, a connector clip having a first flange and a second flange extending across an end of said first flange, said first flange being received in a side wall slot of a vertical frame member and having a bottom edge slot entered by a portion of said side wall whereby the second flange is supported in spaced and parallel relation to said side wall, a plug secured within an end of a horizontal frame member, said plug having an outer edge flange provided with a bottom edge and an outer face, said outer end flange having an outer face slot and a connecting transverse slot both open at the bottom edge of saId outer flange, said second flange of the connector clip being lodged in the transverse slot of the plug with the first flange extending outwardly through the outer face slot whereby the horizontal frame member is removably secured to the vertical frame member against downward and horizontal displacement. 2. Frame construction as claimed in claim 1, and including a hanger clip adapted to be attached to a horizontal frame member to support a shelf, said hanger clip comprising a horizontal bearer having upwardly and downwardly extending braces spaced apart at one end thereof, said hanger clip entering a side wall slot whereby the braces engage opposite faces of that side wall and the horizontal bearer is disposed at right angles thereto and in a shelf-supporting position. 3. Frame construction as claimed in claim 1, and including a support clip adapted to be attached to a frame member to support a vertical panel, said support clip comprising transversely spaced arms and an oppositely directed arm, the last mentioned arm entering a side wall slot of the frame member and said transversely spaced arms embracing opposite faces of the vertical panel along an edge thereof. 4. Frame construction as claimed in claim 2, and including a support clip adapted to be attached to a vertical frame member to support a vertical panel, said support clip comprising transversely spaced arms and an oppositely directed arm enterable into a side wall slot of a vertical frame member, said oppositely directed arm having a bottom edge slot entered by a portion of a side wall to attach the support clip thereto with the transversely spaced arms embracing opposite side faces of the vertical panel along an edge thereof. 5. Frame construction as claimed in claim 1, in which said frame members are formed of plastic, and including a metal reinforcing rod insertable into a selected frame member. 6. Frame construction as claimed in claim 5, in which said metal reinforcing rod is X-shaped in cross-section and has corner edges shaped to conform to the inner corners of the frame members. 7. Frame construction as claimed in claim 4, in which said frame members are formed of plastic, and including a metal reinforcing rod insertable into a selected frame member. 8. Frame construction as claimed in claim 7, in which said metal reinforcing rods is X-shaped in cross-section and has corner edges shaped to conform to the inner corners of the frame members. 9. Frame construction comprising horizontal and vertical frame members each having a bore and side walls in which spaced and longitudinally extending slots are formed, a connector clip having a first flange and a second flange extending across an end of said first flange, said first flange being received in a side wall slot of a vertical frame member and having a bottom edge slot entered by a portion of said side wall whereby the second flange is supported in spaced and parallel relation to said side wall, a plug secured within an end of a horizontal frame member, said plug having an outer edge flange provided with a bottom edge and an outer face, said outer end flange having an outer face slot and a connecting transverse slot both open at the bottom edge of said outer flange, said second flange of the connector clip being lodged in the transverse slot of the plug with the first flange extending outwardly through the outer face slot whereby the horizontal frame member is removably secured to the vertical frame member against downward and horizontal displacement, a first hanger clip adapted to be attached to a horizontal frame member to support a shelf, said hanger clip comprising a horizontal bearer having upwardly and downwardly extending braces spaced apart at one end thereof, said hanger clip entering a side wall slot whereby the braces engage opposite faces of that side wall and the horizontal bearer is disposed at right angles thereto and in shelf-supporting position, a first support clip adapted to be attached to a frame member to support a veRtical panel, said first support clip comprising transversely spaced arms and an oppositely directed arm, the last mentioned arm entering a side wall slot of the frame member and said transversely spaced arms embracing opposite faces of the vertical panel along an edge thereof, and a second support clip adapted to be attached to a vertical frame member to support the vertical panel, said second support clip comprising transversely spaced arms and an oppositely directed arm enterable into a side wall slot of a vertical frame member, said oppositely directed arm having a bottom edge slot entered by a portion of a side wall to attach the support clip thereto with the transversely spaced arms embracing opposite side faces of the vertical panel along an edge thereof. |
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