Patents Assigned to Elfa International AB
  • Patent number: 11696641
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension system comprising a hang standard having slots and being configured to be vertically arranged, and a bracket configured to be attached to the hang standard in a cantilevered fashion using connectors on a proximal end of the bracket that enter slots on along the hang standard. A slider unit is adapted to be mounted on the bracket and to carry a container or other component. A rearwardly extending portion of the slider unit is arranged on the slider unit to reach into one of the slots of the hang standard occupied by a connector of the bracket to prevent the slider unit from tilting forward on the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Tobias Ringenhag
  • Patent number: 11583074
    Abstract: In a wall-mounted shelving and/or storage system, vertical standards are mounted to a wall using a plurality of individual cleats arranged in vertical columns and horizontal rows. The width of each cleat is smaller than the width of the standard, so that it can be hidden within the standard when mounted. Formed on the back of each vertical standard are a plurality of transverse edges at predefined intervals, in known spatial relationships with bracket connection points, for cooperating with the cleats to properly position and orient the standards at the correct height with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden
  • Patent number: 11375812
    Abstract: In a wall-mounted shelving and/or storage system, vertical standards are mounted to a wall using a plurality of individual cleats arranged in vertical columns and horizontal rows. The width of each cleat is smaller than the width of the standard, so that it can be hidden within the standard when mounted. Formed on the back of each vertical standard are a plurality of transverse edges at predefined intervals, in known spatial relationships with bracket connection points, for cooperating with the cleats to properly position and orient the standards at the correct height with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden
  • Patent number: 11230412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a panel for dividing the interior space of a container. The panel arrangement (1) has a panel (11) provided with an attachment device (17) adapted to affix the panel in relation the container. There is provided at least one opening in the panel, and the attachment device comprises first and second parts (29, 31) located at a respective side of the panel as well as at least one member (39, 41) reaching through the at least one opening (23). A play (49) is provided between the edges of the opening and said at least one member, such that the attachment device can be moved in at least one direction in which the plane of the panel extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Fikret Arnautovic
  • Patent number: 11229287
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shelf (1) for a storage system. The shelf is made of sheet metal and, comprises a top surface including an area with an expanded metal mesh panel. The shelf further comprises at least one unexpanded area (7) in between two expanded areas, along the length of shelf. This facilitates the attachment of reinforcement structures to the shelf which provides for a shelf capable of carrying a greater load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11044995
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible cover strip for a storage system including a carrier rail (1) having a U-shaped cross section with first and second parallel rows (3, 5) of elongated substantially identical slots (7) in a front portion to accommodate a suspension element such as e.g. a bracket. The cover strip has an abutment face (17) and an exterior face (31), and a plurality of projections (19), rising from the abutment surface of the strip in first and second parallel rows matching the slots of the carrier rail, such that the cover strip can be fitted on the front portion with the projections entering the slots, and wherein at least some of the projections are provided with a snap element (27) at their distal ends, which snap elements prevent the cover strip from falling off the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Fikret Arnautovic
  • Patent number: 10906706
    Abstract: A plastic container comprising a box and a lid. The box has a bottom portion and first and second pairs of opposing walls rising from the bottom portion to define an internal space of the container, and the upper edges of the walls are adapted to support the lid and comprise a flanges that extend outwards from the inner space. The lid is adapted to leave an outer portion of said flanges free along the entire length of the walls of the first pair when the lid is applied to the box. The lid can optionally be removed, even if the box is inserted in a rack where the flanges are supported by a guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden
  • Patent number: 10653239
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension system (1) comprising first and second support elements (3), configured to be vertically arranged, and first and second brackets (5), which are attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion. The system further includes a frame (7, 27), with side portions (27) that are attached to a respective one of the brackets by means of fastening arrangements, such that the frame with a container attached thereto becomes slidable as a drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden
  • Patent number: 10610016
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible cover strip for a storage system including a carrier rail (1) having a U-shaped cross section with first and second parallel rows (3, 5) of elongated substantially identical slots (7) in a front portion to accommodate a suspension element such as e.g. a bracket. The cover strip has an abutment face (17) and an exterior face (31), and a plurality of projections (19), rising from the abutment surface of the strip in first and second parallel rows matching the slots of the carrier rail, such that the cover strip can be fitted on the front portion with the projections entering the slots, and wherein at least some of the projections are provided with a snap element (27) at their distal ends, which snap elements prevent the cover strip from falling off the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Fikret Arnautovic
  • Patent number: 10287057
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a storage device made of expanded metal mesh material. The storage device comprises a basket (3, 5, 7, 9) with an attached fastening device (11). The fastening device has a portion with U-shaped cross section (21) provided with hooks (13) in the interior thereof, such that the fastening device can be fitted on a vertical carrier provided with slots, the hooks (13) entering said slots, and the fastening device is at least partly inserted in the outer envelope of the basket and has a portion (25) extending under the bottom panel of the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Grand Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180355900
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for facilitating assembling of a product involving attaching a first surface (5), of a first part, to a second surface (7), of a second part. The device comprises a first unit (9) intended to be embedded in the first surface and a second unit (11) unit intended to be embedded in the second surface, and having a cavity that is open at the second surface. The first unit comprises a piston (17), which is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, where the piston extends out of the first unit. The second unit comprises an activator part that interacts magnetically with the piston such that the piston moves to the extended position, extending into the cavity, when the first and second surfaces are in contact and the first and second openings are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Elfa International AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10104959
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cabinet adapted to be suspended from vertically oriented carrier elements (11, 13), provided with slots (15). The cabinet has a top (3) and bottom panels (5), as well as first and second side panels (7,9). The side panels comprise rear connector elements (31) for connecting to carrier element slots at the rear of the cabinet, and the top panel comprise connector elements (33) connecting the front corners of the top panel to the front end of a side panel. Thereby a cabinet can be readily assembled by an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Rolf Henriksson
  • Patent number: 10060462
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for facilitating assembling of a product involving attaching a first surface (5), of a first part, to a second surface (7), of a second part. The device comprises a first unit (9) intended to be embedded in the first surface and a second unit (11) unit intended to be embedded in the second surface, and having a cavity that is open at the second surface. The first unit comprises a piston (17), which is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, where the piston extends out of the first unit. The second unit comprises an activator part that interacts magnetically with the piston such that the piston moves to the extended position, extending into the cavity, when the first and second surfaces are in contact and the first and second openings are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ELFA INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10051958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fastening part for a storage system. The system comprises a storage device, such as a basket, a set of hooks, a shoe rack, a perforated panel or the like, which can be attached, by means of the fastening part, to a carrier element with a number of slots. The fastening part comprises a base portion, with at least one opening, an inner part, resting on the base portion at the carrier element's side and providing at least one hook to be inserted into the carrier element, and another part resting on the base portion at an outer side, and comprising a connector that engages with the inner part through said at least one opening, such that the base portion is sandwiched between the inner part and the outer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Johan Andersson, Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: D839029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Erin Kristian Hogue, Sharon Tindell
  • Patent number: D843149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Fikret Arnautovic
  • Patent number: D869195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: D882290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: D973476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Elfa International AB'
    Inventor: Lars Ryden
  • Patent number: D984257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden, Rolf Henriksson