Patent ID: 7243887

Claim:
A system for detachable suspension of shelves from a wall or as a freestanding arrangement, comprising: at least two essentially vertically positioned carrier elements; elongate, U-shaped supporting elements which support said shelves and which are fixed in a protruding manner to the carrier elements; and fasteners, which are arranged on an underside of each shelf, adjacent two opposite side edges of the shelf, and which engage an uppermost portion of the respective supporting elements, each fastener comprising a first portion, which is attached at right angles to the underside of the shelf, a second portion, which is perpendicular to the first portion and which is to abut against the underside of the shelf, and a third portion, which is essentially parallel to said first portion and inserted into an interior of the U-shaped supporting element, wherein the fastener is arranged in two opposite positions on the underside of the shelf, and wherein the second portion of the fastener has such a length that, in the first position of the fastener, said second portion is oriented toward said side edge of the shelf, thus allowing two shelves to be arranged with their side edges next to one another and to be supported by the same supporting element, and that, in the second position of the fastener, said second portion is oriented away from the side edge of the shelf, the side edge of the shelf protruding from the supporting element when the shelf is arranged thereon.