Framework connection means

Claim 1

Connection means for the attachment, to a framework upright member, of another framework member by means of a clip device, said connection means comprising a bracket consisting of a vertically elongated angle section separate from the upright member and provided with vertically oriented hook formations by which it can be detachably engaged by relative vertical movement with openings in the said upright member, said bracket having vertical slots which are selectively engageable by parts of the clip device, the said hook formations being provided on a first wall part of said bracket and the said slots being provided in a second wall part of said bracket, said first and second wall parts of said bracket being oriented at right angles to each other and being so disposed as to be mutually unobstructive, the said hook formations extending from said first wall part of said bracket at right angles to said first wall part in a plane parallel to the plane of said second wall part of the bracket, said hook formations extending from said first wall part in spaced relation to said second wall part at positions that are not located opposite to the slots in the second wall part of said bracket, and the said second wall part of said bracket having a distancing abutment in the form of a return flange on the edge of said second wall part remote from said first wall part, said return flange extending from said edge of said second wall part toward said first wall part in a plane that is parallel to and spaced from said second wall part, the spacing between said return flange and said second wall part being sufficient to receive said parts of the clip device and being less than the spacing between said hook formations and said second wall part.