Patent ID: 7866492

Claim:
A device for suspending articles or for holding a shelf ( 6 ), comprising: a) a holder ( 3 ) sized to fasten to a supporting structure ( 7 , 7 ′); b) a plug-in sleeve ( 1 ) sized to insert into the holder ( 3 ); and c) a support ( 4 ) which has a plug-in part ( 400 ) to be introduced in a lockable manner into the plug-in sleeve ( 1 ); wherein d) the holder ( 3 ) has: da) a vertically arranged flange ( 30 ) which serves for the fastening to the supporting structure ( 7 , 7 ′); and db) a first fixing means ( 37 ) in the form of a housing which is connected to the flange ( 30 ) and has an opening into an inner receiving space ( 38 ); the first fixing means ( 37 ) serves for the fixed, releasable securing of the plug-in sleeve ( 1 ) inserted in the receiving space ( 38 ); e) the plug-in sleeve ( 1 ) has: ea) a flange ( 10 ) which surrounds a window-like mouth of a passage ( 11 ); eb) a shaft ( 12 ) which adjoins the flange ( 10 ) and into which the passage ( 11 ) extends; ec) a second fixing means ( 2 ) which interact with the first fixing means ( 37 ) of the holder ( 3 ); ed) a locking element ( 17 ) for the releasable engagement of the plug-in part ( 400 ) introduced into the sleeve shaft ( 12 ); and f) the plug-in part ( 400 ) has a counter-element ( 403 ) which interacts with the locking element ( 17 ) in the sleeve shaft ( 12 ), wherein g) the first fixing means ( 37 ) comprising an inner housing wall, and the second fixing means ( 2 ) of the plug-in sleeve ( 1 ) is an adjustable wedge ( 2 ) pressing against the inner housing wall; and h) the locking element ( 17 ) in the sleeve shaft ( 12 ) is a clearance ( 17 ) and the complementary counter-element ( 403 ) on the plug-in part ( 400 ) is an upwardly directed lug ( 403 ).