US 12,285,102 B2
Load-bearing structure for sets of shelves
Antonello Briosi, Rovereto (IT)
Assigned to METALSISTEM S.P.A., Rovereto (IT)
Appl. No. 18/251,898
Filed by METALSISTEM S.P.A., Rovereto (IT)
PCT Filed Nov. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/060584
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106987, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000027699 (IT), filed on Nov. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008641 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A47B 57/48 (2006.01); A47B 57/40 (2006.01); A47B 57/50 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 57/482 (2013.01) [A47B 57/402 (2013.01); A47B 57/408 (2013.01); A47B 57/50 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load-bearing structure for sets of shelves, the load-bearing structure comprising:
at least one vertical upright, provided with at least one longitudinal wall and with at least one fastening opening made along said longitudinal wall; and
at least one fastening body, provided with at least one fastening wall and with at least one fastening portion made cantilevered on said fastening wall, insertable inside said fastening opening and movable in a sliding manner inside said fastening opening between a fastening configuration, in which said fastening portion is coupled to said fastening opening, by fastening said vertical upright to said fastening body, and at least one free configuration, in which said fastening portion is uncoupled from said fastening opening, freeing said vertical upright from said fastening body,
wherein said fastening portion comprises a first fastening element, which extends along a first direction of extension, and a second fastening element, which extends along a second direction of extension substantially transverse to said first direction of extension, said first and said second fastening element being adapted to fasten to said longitudinal wall in said fastening configuration, and
wherein in the fastening configuration, the first fastening element and the second fastening element extend along the first direction of extension A and the second direction of extension, respectively, inside said fastening opening to fasten to said longitudinal wall at a point where at least two different fastening points are located.