Device For Partitioning Off A Space
A device for partitioning off a space includes posts which are fixable to a floor; a wall or wall segments that are carried by the posts; impact members which are adapted to be arranged underneath the wall or wall segments and rest on the floor; a strut that connects respective adjacent posts; wherein at least some of the impact members are supported on the strut.
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The present application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/EP2006/002831, filed on Mar. 29, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe invention relates to a device for partitioning off a space, with posts which are fixable to the floor and are intended to carry walls, and with impact members which are arranged underneath the walls and rest on the floor.
RELATED ARTDevices of this type are known as “room dividers”. They are constructed as wall members and are intended to form spatial zones, for example also in self-service shops in which shopping trolleys or transport trolleys are made available to customers. In practice, the shopping or transport trolleys cannot be prevented from striking the impact members. Even if at least some of the impact members resting on the floor are screwed to the floor, damage caused to the impact members by collisions cannot be avoided. In most cases, the impact members which have been struck are torn out of their anchor points.
An object of the invention is to develop further a device of the present type so that at least some of the impact members located between two posts are capable of absorbing relatively great impacts caused by collisions with shopping or transport trolleys, at least for the most part without damage.
According to one embodiment, the object is achieved in that respective adjacent posts are connected by a strut and in that at least some of the impact members are supported on a respective strut.
Advantages of the proposed solution are to be seen in that each strut already constitutes a stabilising member suitable for the absorption of impacts, and that at least some of the impact members are connected to the struts so that impacts acting on the impact members are transmitted from the latter to the struts and are conducted from the latter to the posts. The impact members are optionally also formed so as to be fixable to the floor.
The invention will be further described with reference to embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Claims
1. A device for partitioning off a space, the device comprising:
- posts which are fixable to a floor;
- a wall or wall segments that are carried by the posts;
- impact members which are adapted to be arranged underneath the wall or wall segments and rest on the floor;
- a strut that connects respective adjacent posts;
- wherein at least some of the impact members are supported on the strut.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein a connection between the strut and the posts is formed as a plug-in or screw connection.
3. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least the impact member has a downwardly open groove for receiving the strut.
4. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the impact member have an upwardly open groove for receiving the wall or wall segments.
5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the impact members also have a downwardly open groove or an upwardly open groove.
6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the impact members also have a downwardly open groove and an upwardly open groove.
7. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the impact members are fixable to the floor.
8. An impact member for supporting a wall segment, the impact member comprising:
- a frame having a bottom surface adapted to rest on a floor;
- a top surface having a groove therein for supporting the wall segment;
- a downwardly open groove in the interior of the impact member for receiving a horizontal strut.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 12, 2007
Publication Date: Apr 17, 2008
Applicant: WANZL METALLWARENFABRIK GMBH (Leipheim)
Inventors: Kurt Deyerler (Illertissen), Tiberius Soltes (Guenzburg)
Application Number: 11/871,961
International Classification: E04B 2/00 (20060101); E04G 21/26 (20060101);