HK1137309A1 - Support system - Google Patents

Abstract

A rack system comprises lateral load-bearing frameworks (10, 11) with supports (14, 15) and crossmembers (43, 44), each made of hollow profiles, which are combined in a flush and/or congruent manner by means of special connecting components to form a frame. A groove (16) has fitted in it a load-bearing profile (26) with load-bearing components on which transversely directed elements of the rack system can be fitted.

Description

Bearing system

Technical Field

The invention relates to a support system, in particular a shelf, comprising a plurality of upright shaped support means or posts and comprising a plurality of transversely oriented elements, in particular a plurality of horizontal shelves, support bars or the like, mounted thereon via connectors.

Background

The present invention is directed in its broadest sense to a three-dimensional support system comprised of a plurality of upright stanchions and a plurality of horizontal members connected to the upright stanchions. The horizontal element relates in particular to a shelf, a clothes rail or another horizontal element of a shelving system.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the invention is to provide a shelving system of the type mentioned in the introduction, which makes it possible to combine or assemble individual components in a simple manner, in particular on site, while nevertheless creating a vertically loadable supporting structure.

The support system according to the invention comprises a plurality of upright shaped struts and comprises a plurality of transversely oriented elements supported on the struts via connecting pieces; characterized by the following features:

a) each of the posts has a shaped recess formed therein,

b) a support profile having a plurality of holding elements arranged at a distance from one another is arranged in the profiled groove, wherein the support profile is designed as a separate element and as an extruded profile comprising support webs with the support elements pointing towards the respective transversely oriented element to be mounted;

c) providing a connector on each transversely oriented element, said connector corresponding to each retaining element on the support profile, such that a detachable connection can be established between each transversely oriented element and the upright post;

the support element is designed as a support pin on the support profile, said pin being oriented transversely to the support strip.

To achieve this object, the invention is characterized by the following features:

a) each upright support means, in particular the struts, has a preferably full-height extending edge-side recess,

b) a support profile is fixed in the recess by a plurality of holding elements arranged at a distance from one another,

c) the transversely oriented elements, in particular shelves, rods or the like, have connecting elements which can be inserted into the recesses of the struts and which are connected to the fastening elements provided on the support profile.

Characterized in that the connection between the upright post and the horizontal transversely oriented element is achieved by connecting elements, which are completely accommodated in the post and/or the cross beam. The connection is therefore not visible from the outside.

Another feature is that the upright struts are designed as hollow profiles, in particular as drawn extruded profiles from a metal alloy or an aluminum alloy, which comprise profiled edge-side recesses. In particular, the struts or hollow profiles are wider and have a smaller depth.

A further feature is that the upright supports are connected to cross members, which are preferably also formed by hollow profiles of the same design and size as the supports, wherein the cross members are connected to the upright supports via connecting elements, which are located with one part in the cross members formed as hollow profiles and with the other part in the mutually facing recesses of the supports to be connected, so that the cross members rest directly on the upright supports, preferably flush with the supports.

Other connecting devices are used for mounting the support profiles, which are likewise arranged between the upright supports and are connected to the holding elements of the support profiles in the recesses via special connecting pieces.

Another feature is the construction of a clothes rail that can be attached to the shelving system or used independently thereof.

Preferably, the profiled groove extends along the full length and/or height of the pillar.

Preferably, each transversely oriented element is designed as a beam, shelf or clothes rail.

Preferably, the support profile consists of plastic.

Preferably, part of the area of the supporting element extends to both sides of the supporting strip extending in the center of the profiled recess.

Preferably, the support profile has a plurality of support pins arranged at a distance from one another.

Preferably, the support profile is designed with a base part for fastening in the hollow profile of the column or with a transverse web, so that the cross section of the support profile is designed T-shaped.

Preferably, the upright struts are designed as hollow profiles.

The upright support is preferably designed as an extruded profile made of plastic or metal or of an aluminum alloy, wherein the profiled recess, which is open and in which the connecting element is arranged, is formed on at least one edge of the hollow profile which is rectangular in cross section, so that the engaging element or the connecting element for the transversely oriented elements is accommodated largely or completely in the recess.

Preferably, the connecting piece for connecting the elements oriented transversely to the struts has an engagement section which comprises an obliquely oriented groove, so that the engagement section of the connecting piece can be brought into hook-type engagement with the bearing pin of the bearing profile.

Preferably, for supporting the shelf, the connectors are connected to the corner regions of the shelf.

Preferably, the connecting elements are connected to the corner regions of the shelf by means of profile elements mounted on the edges of the shelf, said profile elements being supported on the respective connecting elements.

Preferably, the supporting struts are connected to one another by means of the transverse struts and/or by means of the transverse struts, wherein the transverse struts and/or the transverse struts are connected to the supporting profiles or the supporting pins or directly to the supporting struts by means of connecting elements which are accommodated completely in the profiled recesses of the supporting struts on the one hand and in the transverse struts and/or the transverse struts on the other hand.

In the embodiment as a hollow profile, the cross-members and/or the cross-members preferably have the same cross-sectional shape as the hollow profile of the support.

Preferably, an upper crosspiece and a lower crosspiece are arranged between and connected to the adjacent struts, wherein the connecting element is of angular design and comprises a top part which enters and is fixed in the profiled groove of the upright strut and a horizontal side edge which enters and is fixed in the upwardly oriented groove of the upper crosspiece in the case of the upper crosspiece or in the downwardly oriented groove of the lower crosspiece in the case of the lower crosspiece.

Preferably, the cross members for receiving the transversely oriented elements are arranged between adjacent struts and are connected to the support profiles of the struts or to one of the support pins by means of connecting pieces, wherein the angled connecting piece is located with an upright side in the profiled recess of the strut and is suspended with an engaging part with an obliquely oriented recess on a support pin, and a horizontal support side is fixed by means of screws in the downwardly directed recess of the cross member.

Preferably, the laterally oriented element is a clothes rail.

Preferably, the two lateral support frames comprising the struts are connected to the wall of the first building via a support frame, wherein the support frame has a U-shaped fastening part which is a claw that surrounds the wall-side strut.

Preferably, the upright support is supported on the floor by means of feet, wherein the adjustable feet are rotatably supported by means of threaded rods on a support plate which is fixed to the underside of the support.

In the lower region of the upright support column, a collar is preferably provided which surrounds the respective support column in the lower region and which abuts against the floor irrespective of the position of the support column.

Preferably, the collar is arranged in the region of an adjustable foot.

Preferably, a clothes rail is provided which is designed as a round hollow profile.

Preferably, the rail has a circular cross section and a plurality of channels extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail for accommodating functional elements for performing new or additional functions of the rail.

Preferably, an elastic profile is arranged in the upper channel of the rail, which profile protrudes with an upright web through an upper longitudinal slot of the rail and serves as a support for the clothes rack.

Preferably, a lighting system is provided, which comprises lighting cables and lighting elements or diodes, which are directed downwards in the wall of the rail in the region of a longitudinal groove pointing downwards, which lighting system is arranged in a lower channel of the rail.

Drawings

The details of the invention are described in more detail below with the aid of the figures. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a support system;

FIG. 2 is a simplified front view of the shelving system;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a support or shelving system;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of one element of the shelving system, namely one profile;

FIG. 5 shows the profile according to FIG. 4 with an inserted support profile;

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a support profile;

FIG. 7 shows a connector for interconnecting sections;

FIG. 8 shows a similarly configured connector;

FIG. 9 shows a retaining member for each horizontal member supported on each upright post;

FIG. 10 shows a view similar to FIG. 2 including various enlarged details;

FIG. 11 first detail XI of FIG. 10;

fig. 12 a second detail XII of fig. 10;

fig. 13 shows a further detail XIII of fig. 10 on an enlarged scale;

fig. 14 illustrates, on an enlarged scale, a detail XIV of fig. 2;

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of a hanger bar;

FIG. 16 shows, on a reduced scale, the clothes rail according to FIG. 15, including special insertion elements;

fig. 17 shows a further embodiment of a clothes rail designed as a hollow profile;

fig. 18 shows a detail of a profile for connecting in particular a shelf to an upright stanchion;

fig. 19 shows a vertical cross-section of the portion of the connection between the shelf and an upstanding post.

Detailed Description

A support structure, which is preferably used as a shelf or shelf system, is shown in general and in detail in fig. 1-14. The support structure comprises (two) lateral supports 10, 11 and a plurality of transversely oriented elements which are connected to the lateral supports 10, 11. The transversely oriented elements relate, for example, to transversely oriented horizontal plates, i.e. shelves 12. Other device elements, such as a clothes rail 13, can also be involved.

The supports 10, 11 are constructed in a special manner and are shown in the view of fig. 1. This involves first of all the upright supports, i.e. the struts 14, 15. They are formed in a special manner, i.e. from plastic or in particular from extruded aluminum profiles or from aluminum alloys as hollow profiles. In an advantageous embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the struts 14, 15 is shown in fig. 4 and 5. The struts 14, 15 are hereby very deep compared to the width of the profile.

The struts 14, 15 or hollow profiles according to fig. 4 and 5 are formed in a special manner by the connection to further supporting elements and the mounting of the transversely oriented components. The important structural feature is a recess 16 formed on at least one edge of the hollow profile or strut 14, 15, which has a U-shaped cross section and extends along the entire length of the profile and/or (bzw.) along the entire height of the strut 14, 15. The recess 16 is delimited by large-area side walls 17, 18 of the hollow profile, which are designed as projecting free profile sides at the edges. The (first) transverse wall forms a floor 19 of the recess 16. The floor or transverse wall is provided here with a central slot 20.

The other (two) transverse walls 21, 22 are formed in the hollow profile. They serve for stabilizing a widely formed hollow profile and/or for providing the profile extensions 23, 24 with an annular cross section. They likewise extend along the entire height or length of the hollow profile and are designed in such a way that connecting screws can be inserted in the longitudinal direction into the round profile extensions 23, 24 in order to fasten further elements. On the edge side of the hollow profile opposite the recess 16, a transversely oriented terminating wall 25 is formed, which is connected to the edges of the side walls 17 and 18.

A recess 16 formed on at least one side of the profiles or struts 14, 15 serves to accommodate connecting devices for connecting transversely oriented components, such as shelves, support elements, etc., so that the connecting devices or fittings are completely located in the recess 16 after the relevant elements have been installed.

A particular way of connecting the elements of the support system, in particular a shelving system, is to use separate profiles comprising connecting elements which are positioned as separate elements on or in the support profile. In the present exemplary embodiment, a support profile 26 is used, which has an overhanging support web 27 extending in the region of the recess 16. Suitable attachment means are provided thereon. In the present exemplary embodiment, this relates to transversely oriented bearing pins 28 which are arranged in corresponding openings of the bearing webs 27. Preferably, the support profile 26 is formed as an extrusion from plastic. The bearing pins 28 are expediently made of metal and are fixed in a force-fitting manner in corresponding openings of the bearing webs 27. The length of the bearing pin 28 is slightly less than the free inner spacing between the side walls 17, 18 of the hollow profile or recess 16.

The support profile 26 is fastened with a widened base portion to the hollow profile or to the struts 14, 15. In the present exemplary embodiment (fig. 5), a form-locking fastening is provided. The support profile 26 has a transverse web 29, which is thus formed in a T-shape with a continuous cross section, the transverse web 29 being fastened to the hollow profile and being located in a channel 30 extending along the entire length of the hollow profile, which is delimited on the one hand by the floor 19 of the recess 16 and on the other hand by the transverse wall 21. The channel 30 is dimensioned to conform to the transverse slats 29. A correspondingly dimensioned supporting web 27 passes through the slot 20 in the base plate 19 into the region of the recess 16 and is located centrally therein. The support profile 26 is provided with a plurality of support elements, preferably arranged at the same distance from one another, i.e. with a plurality of transversely oriented support pins 28. Depending on the number of these bearing devices, the elements can be placed in the respective height position or relative position by means of suitable bearing portions on the bearing pins 28.

The individual system elements to be connected to the supports 10, 11 or the struts 14, 15 can be provided with different fittings for connection to the respective support profile 26. The fittings should be constructed so that they are completely hidden in the recess 16. The connection piece is advantageously designed in such a way that an obliquely oriented slot-shaped groove 31 is formed in an engagement section. The groove 31 is matched to the bearing pin 28 so that the associated connecting element under its own weight enters a stable fixing position on the bearing pin 28, by virtue of the effect of the connecting element being pulled into the recess 16 by virtue of the appropriate groove 31.

Fig. 9 shows a first embodiment of a connecting element 32. It is particularly suitable for supporting plate-shaped system elements, for example also for supporting a shelf 12. The connecting pieces 32 are connected to the elements to be supported, i.e. for example to the shelves 12, and in the region of the (four) corners of the plate-shaped elements, respectively. The engagement portion 33 of the connecting piece 32 is provided with an obliquely oriented groove 31 which is formed in cooperation with the bearing pin 28. The engagement part 33 is fork-shaped, i.e. has two sides spaced apart from one another, and accordingly has a groove 31. The engagement portion 33 thus has a central gap. The two sides of the engagement section 33 can thereby engage with the overhanging region of the bearing pin 28 on both sides of the bearing web 27 when connected to the bearing profile 26.

The connecting element 32 is connected to the shelf 12 via profile elements 34, 35, i.e. to mutually opposite side edges of the shelf 12. The two profile parts 34, 35 are connected to the shelf 12 in the central region of the sides thereof (fig. 3). The two assembled profile parts 34, 35 together form a cavity which is open at the bottom and into which the connecting element 32 is inserted (fig. 14). The profile parts 34, 35 thus rest as a unit on the upper side of the connecting part 32 with the profiled contour, outside the engaging section 33. The profile elements 34, 35 are dimensioned such that they are fittingly received between the mutually arranged supports 14, 15, so that in this region the profile elements 34, 35 constitute the outer side of the shelf 12 between the supports 14, 15. The profile parts 34, 35 are dimensioned such that they terminate flush with the outer faces of the supports 14, 15 in the installed shelf (fig. 3, rear side).

Another version of a connecting piece 36 is formed angular (fig. 8, fig. 11). The attachment may alternatively be adapted for support of the shelf 12. In the present exemplary embodiment (fig. 3), the connecting elements 36 serve to fasten a respective transverse beam 37 to the struts 14, 15 or between them. The mutually opposite cross-members 37 of the two supports 10, 11 serve for the mounting of any support, in the present case for the mounting of the clothes rail 13.

The cross-member 37 is likewise designed as a hollow profile, which comprises a (downwardly or upwardly oriented) recess 16. In the configuration according to fig. 3, 11, the recess 16 is oriented downward in the cross member 37. The side 38 of the connecting piece 36 enters the recess 16 of the cross-beam 37 and is fixed in the recess, for example by means of a screw 39. The upright support side 40 of the connecting element 36 is provided at the upper end with an engaging portion 41, similar to the engaging portion 33 of the connecting element 32. In particular, the engagement portion 41 has an obliquely oriented groove 31. The groove can be fixed in the described manner to a bearing pin 28. The joint 41 is also provided with a thickening in the region of which a connecting device for the fastening of the connecting piece 36 or the upright supporting leg 40 to the transverse beam 37 is realized, in particular in the region of one end face thereof, by means of a screw which is guided through the thickening of the joint 41. The upright support sides 40 are disposed entirely within the grooves 16 of the uprights 14, 15 and the horizontal sides 38 are disposed within the grooves 16 of the cross-member 37. The cross members 37, such as, for example, shelves 12, can be detachably connected to the upright supports 14, 15 owing to the described embodiment of the connecting elements 36 and the coupling parts 41 and can therefore be removed again from the supports or installed at different height positions.

The struts 14, 15 as upright support elements of the supports 10, 11 are connected to one another by transverse profiles, in this case by an upper crosspiece 43 and a lower crosspiece 44. Which together with the uprights 14, 15 form a closed frame supporting structure.

The crosspieces 43, 44 have a groove 16 of the described configuration on at least one edge. In particular, the cross pieces 43, 44 are designed as hollow profiles, preferably having the same design and the same dimensions as the struts 14, 15. The arrangement of the crosspieces 43, 44 is chosen such that the groove 16 in the upper crosspiece 43 is oriented upwards and the corresponding groove in the lower crosspiece 44 is oriented downwards. The crosspieces 43, 44 lie flush above and below the supports 14, 15.

The crosspieces 43, 44 are connected to the uprights 14, 15 by means of special connecting pieces 45, which are constructed in a similar manner to the connecting pieces 36 for the cross-beams 37. A horizontal side 38 of the connecting element 45 is arranged in each case in a fitting manner in the horizontal grooves 16 of the crosspieces 43, 44 pointing upwards or downwards and is connected to the profiles by means of at least one screw 39. The upright support sides 40 of the connecting members 45 are fixedly connected to the respective uprights 14, 15. For this purpose, a head 46 is provided at the free end of the supporting leg 40, which head together with the supporting leg 40 rests in the upright recess 46 of the support column 14, 15. In the region of the head 46, the connecting element 45 is permanently fixed to the struts 14, 15 by means of transversely oriented screws 42. The screw 42 passes through the slit 20 and is fixed in particular in the transverse wall 21. The connecting elements, i.e. the connecting elements 45, are also located completely within the contour of the hollow profiles, i.e. the struts 14, 15, on the one hand, and completely within the crosspieces 43, 44, on the other hand. The support profile 26 is preferably dimensioned such that it terminates the respective connecting piece 45 at the upper and lower side.

Another feature is the structure of the struts 14, 15 in the area below. This involves the mounting of adjustable feet 47 on the lower ends of the uprights 14, 15. The leg 47 is adjustable by an upstanding stud 48. Which passes through a support plate 49 and is adjustable in height position by rotation. The support plate 49 is fixed to the bottom side of the hollow profile of the column 14, 15 by means of screws which then enter the profile extensions 23, 24.

In order to be independent of the adjusted height position of the uprights 14, 15, which (in appearance) extends up to the ground, a collar 50, which is formed by a U-profile and which moves along the lower end of the uprights 14, 15, is fitted on the lower end of each upright 14, so that the collar rests on the ground under its own weight. Thus covering the lower ends of the pillars 14, 15.

In addition, it is provided according to fig. 3 that the supports 10, 11, i.e. the frame with the struts 14, 15, are fastened to the wall of the building or to another support element with an adjustable support 51. The support 51 is provided with a catch 52 which partially surrounds the wall-side column 14, i.e. below the upper crosspiece 43.

Another feature is a clothes rail 13. It is designed as a round hollow profile, in particular as a round hollow profile. Within its tubular form, channels 53, 54 are formed, which are delimited from one another by a partition 55 having a profiled contour. Thereby forming an upper channel 53 and a lower channel 54. In each channel, a plurality of functional elements can be installed, which enable new or additional functions of the clothes rail 13. For this purpose, open regions are provided which extend along the length of the clothes rail 13, i.e. a longitudinal slot 56 is provided on the top and a longitudinal groove 57 is provided on the bottom. The clothing rail thus constructed is produced as an extruded profile, in particular made of metal (aluminum alloy).

In the present example, a support profile 58, preferably made of plastic, is arranged in the region of the upper channel 53. Which is positively mounted in the channel 53. An upstanding web 59 projects through the longitudinal slot 56 and over the contour of the clothes rail 13. This results in a projection of elastic material which acts as a support for the clothes hanger or the like.

The lower channel 54 is provided in the exemplary embodiment according to fig. 15 with a cover profile 60 in order to close the longitudinal groove 57. In the embodiment according to fig. 16, a further functional element, namely a lighting system 61, is arranged in the lower channel 54, comprising a lighting cable running in the longitudinal direction of the clothes rail 13 and in particular a plurality of downwardly directed lighting elements 62, in particular in this embodiment as diodes. The lighting system 61 is connected to a power supply, in particular in the embodiment according to fig. 3 via the cross member 37 and the struts 14, 15.

The clothes rail 13 can be integrated into the support system, i.e. for example connected to correspondingly arranged cross members 37. On the cross-beam are mounted special supports 63 which enter into the downwardly directed recesses, i.e. into the longitudinal recesses 57 of the clothes rail 13.

Fig. 17 shows a simple embodiment of a clothes rail 13 in the form of a hollow profile. Here too, a round profile (round) is provided, which comprises a slightly curved flattened section 64 on the underside. The lower channel 54 is designed as a closed hollow body, which comprises circular partial channels 65 approximately in half the height of the profile. These partial channels 65, which are circular in cross section, are used for connecting means, in particular screws or studs, which are inserted at the respective ends of the clothes rail in order to connect with the cross members 37. The upper channel 53 is also simpler than the above-described exemplary embodiment, i.e., is delimited from the lower channel 54 by a transversely oriented partition 55, a longitudinal groove 66 having a C-shaped cross section being formed in the region of the partition, in which a simple T-shaped profile 58 engages. The profile 58 likewise extends in the shape of the rail 13 as a strip 59. The embodiment according to fig. 17 is therefore characterized by a simple cross-sectional shape with two cavities or channels.

In contrast to the embodiment according to fig. 9, in the embodiment according to fig. 18, the connecting element 32 can be formed and be made of metal or plastic. On one side of the connecting piece 32, an engagement part 33 is formed, which comprises an obliquely oriented slot-like groove 31. The groove 31 is provided here with an upwardly directed short side 67 in the region of which the bearing pin 28 is supported. The joint 33 can furthermore be formed by two thin-walled webs spaced apart from one another.

Opposite the joint 33, a central connecting web 68 is provided. The connecting strips are associated with profiles or profile parts, which are arranged on transversely oriented elements, i.e. shelves, cross-members, clothes rails, etc. Fig. 19 shows an example in which a connecting profile 69 is designed as a closed hollow profile. The connecting profile (as an alternative to the profile pieces 34, 35 of fig. 3) is mounted on the free edge of a transverse element, here on the free edge of a shelf 12. The connecting element 32 according to fig. 18 is used to form a connection to the upright supporting elements, i.e. the struts 14, 15 or the supporting profiles 26. The connecting web 68 enters a free end of the connecting profile 69 and is held in a guide in the profile 69, here between the lower and upper inner guide webs 70.

In order to additionally fix the position of the attachment member 32 on the shelf 12, a protruding portion 71 is provided on one or both sides of the attachment member 32. The projection is formed in the shape of a narrowing wedge and preferably enters a recess (not shown) on the edge of the shelf 12 by means of a fitting which is mounted on the shelf 12 in the region of a recess.

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Claims (27)

1. A support system comprising a plurality of upright profiled struts (14, 15) and comprising a plurality of transversely oriented elements supported on the struts via connectors (32, 36, 45); characterized by the following features:

a) each strut (14, 15) has a profiled recess (16),

b) a support profile (26) having a plurality of holding elements arranged at a distance from one another is arranged in the profiled groove (16), wherein the support profile (26) is designed as a separate element and as an extruded profile comprising support webs (27) with the support elements, said webs pointing to the respective transversely oriented element to be mounted;

c) -providing connecting elements (32, 36) on the transversely oriented elements, said connecting elements corresponding to the retaining elements on the support profile (26), so that a detachable connection can be established between the transversely oriented elements and the upright stanchions (14, 15);

the support element is characterized in that the support element is designed as a support pin (28) on the support profile (26) oriented transversely to the support web (27).

2. A support system according to claim 1, wherein the profiled groove (16) extends along the entire length and/or height of the pillar (14, 15).

3. Support system according to claim 1, characterized in that the transversely oriented elements are designed as beams, shelves or clothes rails.

4. The support system of claim 1, wherein said support profile is comprised of plastic.

5. A support system according to claim 1, wherein part areas of the support element extend to both sides of a support strip (27) extending in the centre of said profiled recess (16).

6. A support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support profile (26) has a plurality of support pins (28) arranged at a distance from one another.

7. A support system as claimed in one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the support profile (26) is formed with a base part for fixing in the hollow profile of the column (14, 15) or with a transverse web (29) so that the cross section of the support profile (26) is formed in a T-shape.

8. A support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upright supports (14, 15) are designed as hollow profiles.

9. A support system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the upright supports (14, 15) are designed as extruded profiles made of plastic or metal, wherein open recesses (16) for accommodating the connecting elements are formed on at least one edge of the hollow profile which is rectangular in cross section, so that the connecting elements (32, 36, 45) for the transversely oriented elements are accommodated largely or completely in the recesses (16).

10. A support system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connecting piece (32, 36) for connecting elements oriented transversely to the posts (14, 15) has an engagement portion (33) which comprises an obliquely oriented groove (31) so that the engagement portion (33) of the connecting piece (32, 36) can be brought into hook-type engagement with the support pin (28) of the support profile (26).

11. Support system according to claim 10, characterized in that for supporting the shelf (12) the connecting elements (32) are connected to the corner regions of the shelf (12).

12. Support system according to claim 11, characterized in that the connecting pieces (32) are connected to the corner regions of the shelf (12) by means of profile pieces (34, 35) mounted on the edges of the shelf (12), said profile pieces being supported on the respective connecting pieces (32).

13. Support system according to claim 1, characterised in that the supporting columns (14, 15) are connected to each other by means of cross beams (37) and/or by means of cross pieces (43, 44), wherein the cross beams (37) and/or the cross pieces (43, 44) are connected to the support profile (26) or directly to the supporting columns (14, 15) by means of connecting pieces (36, 45), which connecting pieces (36, 45) are on the one hand completely accommodated in the profiled recesses (16) of the supporting columns (14, 15) and on the other hand completely accommodated in the cross beams (37) and/or the cross pieces (43, 44).

14. A support system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cross members and/or the cross members have the same cross-sectional shape as the hollow sections of the struts (14, 15) in the embodiment as hollow sections.

15. A support system as claimed in claim 13, wherein an upper crosspiece (43) and a lower crosspiece (44) are arranged between and connected to the adjoining supports (14, 15), wherein the connecting element (45) is of angular design and comprises a top part (46) which enters and is fixed in the profiled recess (16) of the upright support (14, 15) and a horizontal side edge (38) which enters and is fixed in the upwardly oriented recess (16) of the upper crosspiece (43) in the case of the upper crosspiece (43) or in the downwardly oriented recess (16) of the lower crosspiece (44) in the case of the lower crosspiece (44).

16. A support system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that cross-members (37) for receiving transversely oriented elements are arranged between adjacent columns (14, 15) and are connected to the support profiles (26) of the columns (14, 15) by means of connecting pieces (36), wherein the angular connecting piece (36) is suspended with an upright side (38) in the profiled recess (16) of the column (14, 15) on a support pin (28) with an engaging part (41) with obliquely oriented recesses (31), and a horizontal support side (42) is fixed by means of screws (39) in the downwardly directed recesses (16) of the cross-members (37).

17. Support system according to claim 16, wherein the transversely oriented element is a clothes rail (13).

18. A support system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the two lateral support brackets (10, 11) comprising the uprights (14, 15) are connected to a building wall via a bracket (51), wherein the bracket (51) has a fixing part which is formed in a U-shape and which is a claw (52) which surrounds the wall-side upright (14).

19. A support system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the upright post (14, 15) is supported on the floor by means of a foot (47), wherein said adjustable foot (47) is rotatably supported by means of a stud (48) on a support plate (49) fixed to the bottom surface of the post (14, 15).

20. A support system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that in the area below the upright posts (14, 15) there is provided a collar (50) which surrounds the respective post (14, 15) in the area below and which abuts against the floor irrespective of the position of the posts (14, 15).

21. A support system as claimed in claim 20, characterised in that the upright support column (14, 15) is supported on the floor by means of a foot (47), wherein the adjustable foot (47) is rotatably supported by means of a stud (48) on a support plate (49) fixed to the underside of the support column (14, 15), and in that a collar (50) is provided in the region of the foot (47).

22. A support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a clothes rail (13) is provided which is configured as a round hollow profile.

23. Support system according to claim 22, characterized in that the rail has a circular cross-section and a number of channels (53, 54) extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail (13) for accommodating functional elements for performing new or additional functions of the rail (13).

24. A support system as claimed in claim 23, characterised in that a resilient profile (58) is provided in the channel (53) at the upper part of the rail (13), which profile projects as an upstanding web (59) through an upper longitudinal slot (56) in the rail (13) and serves as a support for the clothes hanger.

25. Support system according to claim 22, characterized in that a lighting system (61) is provided, which comprises lighting wires and lighting elements, which are directed downwards in the wall of the clothing rail (13) in the region of a longitudinal groove (57) directed downwards, which lighting system (61) is provided in a lower channel (54) of the clothing rail (13).

26. A support system as defined in claim 9 wherein said extruded profile is formed from an aluminum alloy.

27. Support system according to claim 22, characterized in that a lighting system (61) is provided, which comprises lighting wires and diodes, which are directed downwards in the wall of the clothing rail (13) in the region of a longitudinal groove (57) directed downwards, which lighting system (61) is provided in a lower channel (54) of the clothing rail (13).