MALE PIN AND FEMALE HOUSING SET FOR A DISPLAY STAND, WITH A QUICK-ENGAGEMENT ATTACHMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

A male pin attaches on lateral edges of shelves and respective female housings on lateral walls of display stands after gluing the shelves and lateral walls. The male pin and its coupling end have hinged rear flaps securable to each other by coupling pegs and recesses, and with coupling lugs and cradles. The female housing has a front track that incorporates a rear clip. The male pin and female housing are secured, respectively, in indentations near ends of front shelf edges and in indentations in lateral walls. For assembly, the pegs/recesses and lug/cradle of the male pin insert in the indentation, for securing by quick engagement at both ends of the front edge of the shelf and laterally exposing the coupling end. The female housing inserts by its rear clip in the lateral wall indentation, positioning the front track thereof to receive the coupling end of the male pin.

Claims

1. A male pin and female housing set for display stands, comprising a male pin with a coupling end, two rear hinged flaps including on inner surfaces, upper swinging sections with studs aligning with coupling cavities, and lugs aligning with a coupling cradle; said male pin being complemented with a female housing featuring a frontal track and incorporating a rear clip on a flat side.

2. A quick engagement attachment system comprising the set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly stage of the display stand comprises alignment of the rear hinged flaps of the male pin and a recess at an extremity of a frontal edge of a shelf, followed by simultaneous closure under pressure of the coupling between studs and cavities and of the lug and cradle, locked through the recess, fastening respective pairs of male pins by the coupling ends positioned externally, on both sides of the frontal edge of the shelf, the rear clips of corresponding pairs of female housings are inserted into recesses in lateral walls of the display stand, exposing frontal tracks on a level with the coupling ends of the pairs of male pins.

3. The male pin and female housing set as claimed in claim 1, wherein coupling of the male pin and female housing at the extremities of the frontal edges of the shelves and on the lateral walls respectively occurs only subsequent to a manual or automatic gluing stage of sections of the display stand.

4. The quick engagement attachment system as claimed in claim 2, wherein coupling of the male pin and female housing at the extremities of the frontal edges of the shelves and on the lateral walls respectively occurs only subsequent to a manual or automatic gluing stage of sections of the display stand.

Description

[0014] Having been explained briefly, the male pin and female housing will now be described in greater detail.

[0015] FIG. 1 portrays a display stand such as that mentioned in the state of the art, revealing in details A and B the female housings on the lateral walls with which the male pins on the shelf align.

[0016] The following figures, from 2 to 7, relate to the construction and the system of the male pin and female housing set, as well as their affixing systems:

[0017] FIG. 2portrays perspective views of the male pin, shown from its coupling end and rear hinged flaps while open, prior to locking, and also with the rear flaps closed, in the post-locking position;

[0018] FIG. 3portrays perspective front, side and rear views of the female housing, showing that a rear clip is incorporated on its flat side;

[0019] FIG. 4portrays a perspective view, showing the male pin and its flaps in a position for its locking into the recesses at the extremities of the frontal edge of the shelf. As can be seen from the indicative arrows, the coupling pegs are aligned with the cavities while the lugs are aligned with the cradles, passing through the recesses at the extremities of the front edge of the shelf;

[0020] FIG. 5portrays a view as in the previous figure, showing that after the closure of the flaps, the male pins are locked with their coupling ends positioned externally and laterally at the frontal edge of the shelf;

[0021] FIG. 6portrays a partial perspective view of one tier of the display stand, as used at a sales outlet. As may be seen, the clips of the female housings are lodged in the recesses in the lateral walls of the display stand, locating their tracks to engage the coupling ends of the male pins attached to the shelves.

[0022] FIG. 7portrays a perspective view of the female housing being used with the tubular columns of a display stand. As may be seen from the sequence shown at the top of the page, it merely requires the execution of a slot for the insertion of the clip of the female housing. The same is true in hard-to-reach points of other types of display stand.

[0023] In accordance with the attached drawings, the MALE PIN AND FEMALE HOUSING SET FOR A DISPLAY STAND, WITH A QUICK-ENGAGEMENT ATTACHMENT SYSTEM which is the object of the present invention patent application consists of an assembly especially developed for its application in display stands (D) of the type portrayed in FIG. 1 of the state of the art, said assembly comprising a male pin (1) with a coupling end (2) in accordance with the new project, incorporating two rear hinged flaps (3) featuring on their inner surfaces, upper swinging sections (4) with studs (5) coinciding with coupling cavities (6), and also lugs (7) coinciding with coupling cradles (8) as shown in the sequence in FIG. 2. The male pin (1) acts with a female housing (9) featuring a frontal track (10) incorporating, on its flat side (11), a rear clip (12), as shown in the sequence in FIG. 3.

[0024] The set of male pin (1) and female housing (9) being thus constituted, they are fixed in the recesses (R1) near the extremities of the frontal edges (B) of the shelves (P) and in the recesses (R2) in the lateral walls (L) of display stands (D) respectively, subsequent to the manual or automatic gluing stage (performed with conventional equipment). For their application, during the assembly stage of the display stand (D), as shown in FIG. 4, the flaps (3) are aligned with the recess (R1) in the front edge (B) of the shelf (P) thus being articulated in such a way as to enable the simultaneous coupling by pressure of the studs (5) and cavities (6) and of the lugs (7) and cradle (8) subsequent to the passage of these elements through the aforementioned recess (R1), being locked by means of a quick-engagement system in a procedure performed at both sides of the frontal edge (B) of the shelf (P). As shown in FIG. 5, after the quick engagement, the lateral extremities of the front edge (B) of the shelf (P) have the coupling ends (2) of the male pins (1) positioned externally.

[0025] For the attachment of the female housing (9), as shown in FIG. 6, it is simply inserted into the recess (R2) in the lateral wall (L) by means of its rear clip (12). With the mere insertion of several units, the flat sides (11) of the female housings (9) rest against the inner surfaces along the two lateral walls (L) for the positioning of their frontal tracks (10), which will house the coupling ends (2) of the corresponding male pins (1) on the shelves (P). Due to its simple insertion, by means of its rear clip (12), the female housing (9) may be attached to the solid cardboard walls of display stands or critical points of display stands of other types, such as cut-outs (R2) in tubular columns, as shown in the sequence in FIG. 7, likewise positioning its frontal tracks (10) to house the coupling ends (2) of the male pins (1) on the shelves (P).