摘要：
The invention relates to a connection member (1) for connecting a wall- attachable body (2), having an elongated hole (3) for receiving the connection member, to a wall-mountable bracket (4) provided with an elongated projection member (5) during use projecting away from a mounting wall (6) along a projection member axis (P), the projection member therein being insertable into an insertion space (S) of the connection member through an insertion opening (7),the connection member comprising an elongated, tubular body (8) having a tubular wall (9) comprising the insertion space, having an intermediate zone provided with slits (13) extending parallel to the connection member axis, the slits dividing the tubular wall in the intermediate zone into multiple, elongated wall segments, the elongated wall segments (14) being made of a resilient material.
权利要求：
Claims
1. Connection member (1) for connecting a
wall-attachable body (2), having an elongated hole (3) for receiving the connection member, to a
wall-mountable bracket (4) provided with an elongated projection member (5) during use projecting away from a mounting wall (6) along a projection member axis (P), the projection member therein being insertable into an insertion space (S) of the connection member through an insertion opening (7),
the connection member comprising:
an elongated, tubular body (8) having a tubular wall (9) comprising the insertion space,
the tubular wall and the insertion space extending along a connection member axis (C) alignable with the projection member axis when the projection member is inserted into the connection member,
wherein the tubular body, when viewed along the connection member axis in a direction away from the mounting wall, comprises a proximal end zone (10), provided with the insertion opening, an intermediate zone (11) and a distal end zone (12), wherein an inner diameter (Dl) of the tubular wall in the proximal end zone and the distal end zone is equal to or larger than an outer diameter (D2) of the projection member,
wherein the intermediate zone is provided with slits (13) extending parallel to the connection member axis, the slits dividing the tubular wall in the intermediate zone into multiple, elongated wall segments, the elongated wall segments (14) being made of a resilient material,
wherein a radial wall thickness (t) of the elongated segments is so chosen that,
when the projection member is not inserted into the connection member, an inner diameter (D3) of the tubular wall in the intermediate zone is smaller than the outer diameter (D2) of the projection member, whereas,
when the projection member is inserted into the insertion space, the elongated segments are pushed outwardly in radial direction by the projection member, wherein an outer diameter (D4) of the segments is equal to an outer diameter (D5) of the tubular wall in the proximal end zone and the distal end zone, wherein the tubular wall has a constant-diameter outer contact surface, when viewed along the connection member axis (C), wherein the outer surface engages the wall-attachable body in a clamping manner. 2. Connection member (1) according to claim 1, wherein the length (LI) of the intermediate zone (11) is 1-10 cm, preferably 2-6 cm, more preferably 3-5 cm.
3. Connection member (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the length (LTB) of the tubular body is 1-15 cm, preferably 3-10 cm, more preferably 5-9 cm, most preferably 8 cm.
4. Connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the elongated, tubular body has a cylindrical shape. 5. Connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the amount of slits (13) is 3-8, preferably 4-6, most preferably 6, wherein the slits are evenly distributed in circumferential direction.
6. Connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the proximal end zone (10) is provided with a flange (15) extending perpendicularly to the connection member axis.
7. Connection member (1) according to claim 6, wherein the flange projects with respect to the proximal end zone over a distance of 1-5 mm, such as 2-4 mm, for instance 3 mm.
8. Connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the proximal and distal end zones of the tubular body have an outer diameter (D5) of 1- 3 cm, preferably 1,4 - 2,6 cm, most preferably 2,2 cm.
9. Connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the outer circumference of the proximal end zone is provided with a plurality of ribs (16) extending parallel to the connection member axis, the ribs being evenly distributed in circumferential direction.
10. Connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the width of the slits is approximately 1-3 mm, such as 2 mm.
11. Subassembly (17) of a wall-attachable body (2) and a connection member (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, the connection member being received into the elongated hole (3) of the wall-attachable body.
12. Subassembly (17) according to claim 11, wherein the wall-attachable body (2) is a floating shelf (2) having a main support surface (18) for supporting objects and one or more side surfaces (19), wherein the elongated hole (3) is provided in one of the side surfaces, the connection member being received in the elongated hole.
13. Subassembly (17) according claim 12, wherein the side surface is provided with a plurality of elongated holes (3), such as 2, evenly spaced-apart over the side surface, for receiving a plurality of connection members (1) therein. 14. Wall-mounted assembly (20) of a wall-mounted bracket (4) provided with an elongated projection member (5) projecting away from a mounting wall along a projection member axis (P), and a subassembly (17) according to any one of the claims 11-13, the projection member (5) being inserted into the insertion space (S) of the connection member (1), wherein the outer surface of the connection member engages the wall-attachable body in a clamping manner.
15. Wall-mounted assembly (20) according to claim 14, wherein the wall-attachable body (2) is provided with a plurality of elongated holes, such as 2, receiving a plurality of connection members therein, and a plurality of elongated projection members being inserted into the plurality of connection members.
16. Method for mounting a wall-attachable body (2) to a wall-mounted bracket (4) on a mounting wall (6), the wall-attachable body comprising an elongated hole (3) for receiving a connection member (1) according to any one of the claims 1-10, the wall- mounted bracket being provided with an elongated projection member (5) projecting away from the mounting wall along a projection member axis (P), the projection member therein being insertable into the insertion space (S) of the connection member through the insertion opening (7), comprising the steps of:
inserting the distal end zone (12) of the connection member into the elongated hole of the wall-attachable body until the proximal end zone (10) is fully inserted into the elongated hole, to obtain a subassembly (17) according to any one of the claims 11-13,
inserting the elongated projection member (5) into the insertion space (S) of the connection member (1) of the subassembly (17) through the insertion opening (7),
moving the subassembly (17) in the direction of the wall (6) over the projection member until a firm fit is provided between the projection member and the wall-mounted bracket on the one hand and the subassembly (17) on the other hand, to obtain the wall-mounted assembly (20) according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the outer surface of the connection member engages the wall-attachable body in a clamping manner.