US1172259A - Window-bracket. - Google Patents

Description

l. H. CRIST.

WINDOW BRACKET1- APPUCATIQN FILED ocT. 19, 1914.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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WINDOW-BRACKET.

Specification. of Letters atent.

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Application led October 19, 191e. Serial No. 867,273.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOH'N H. Cms'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakmont, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Window-Brackets, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention consists of an improvement in supporting brackets adapted to be used with plate or other glass window fronts of stores and the like, and is particularly designed to provide a corner or other bracket for supporting goods at desired positions in theangular corner between the converging plates or panes of the window, or against a plane or other surface. i

Ordinarily, plate glass windows are joined at their corners with a suitable connecting frame, having an interior intervening ridge or frame member providing a support rItpr e shelf consists of a suitable bracket having means for attaching it to such inner ridge or frame with terminal arms, adapted to support a triangular or other suitably shaped piece of glass or other material to provide a supportingshel.

The objects in View are to provide such a device of simple and economical construction, preferably adapted to ready attachment,detachment-, or variable positioning,`

and also to provide for extension .of the supporting arms wheny desired. i

Preferred forms of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a cross sectional view through the angular corner of a window front, showing the device in plan view and operative position. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line H. II'. oft'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a4 cross ,sectional detail view on the lineiIII.

. H1. of Fig. 2. Fig. i is a perspective delights 2, 2, which are ordinarily arranged at right angles to each other, or approximately right angles, are connected at their angular juncture by means of an outer suit able framing member 3 and an inner member l connected in any suitable way, as by screws 5, and any other necessary elements, asy the inner holding corner plate '6, etc.

The inner member 1i, in the construction illustrated, is providedwith an inwardly eX- tending rib 7 having aflat face and parallel sides, as shown, upon which my improved `supporting bracket is mounted.

In the constructions illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings,fthe main supporting element of the bracket consistsof a horizontal strip member 8 andan angular supporting leg 9, each provided with inner downwardly extending terminalsilO, 10. The

bracket is made of a single continuous lnetallic strip bent together at its middle outer portion, as indicated at 1l, providing lupper and lower horizontal members, between which is embraced the middle portion 12 of the diverging shelf supporting portion, composed ot the legs 13, 13. rlhese preferably have terminal upwardly turned lips 1li, 14 for engaging the edge of the shelf 15, as

shown. The support as thus made is fixedly connected with the doubled middle portion of the bracket by means ot one or more rivets 16, or the parts 'may be connected in any other suitable manner, as by punching. By

making these parts in thejmanner shown, their manufacture is` rendered economical with a minimum of waste of material, and their fixed engagement and connection with each other is greatly facilitated.-

For the purpose of attaching the bracket, as thus made., to the face 7 of the central ridge, l employ the clip shown in Fig. 4.

Said clip, which is formed of a single piece of resilient sheet metal, has a middle front portion 17 and rearwardly extending sides ,18, 18 preferably terminating in inwardly turned lip terminals 19.

.as thus made. the clip is sprung over the terminals 10 of the bracket and the sides of the central rib, as clearly shown.. lixedly holding the two inner terminals of the bracket in place. By this means it will be readily seen that the bracket may be easily positioned at any desired height, or that several brackets may be located at diiiierent heights, and as easily removed for cleaning or other purposes.

1n Fig. 5, the bracket construction is substantially the same as above described, ex cept that the legs 13 are provided with telescoping extensions 20, 2O adapted to proare easily formed of sheet metal having .f

terminal upwardly turned lips 2l and downwardly and inwardly turned sides 22, and adapted to embrace the top, bottom, and edges of the legs 13 with suilicient 4friction to insure their positioning when longitudinally adjusted.

In Fig. 7 I show a further modification in which the downwardly turned terminals 10 are provided with longitudinal slots 23, whereby they may be held by screws 24, engaging the central metal rib above described, or a wooden rib 25, according to the construction of the corner frame. By this arrangement, a mere loosening of the screws will enable the detachment of the bracket, and by originally locating a number of screws in the frame, a number of brackets may be variously located, or a single bracket may be differently positioned, as needed.

It will be understood, of course, that the terminals 10 may extend in either direction,

i. c., upwardly or downwardly, and that the same plane, or within display or show cases,

or any similar constructions.`

' The advantages of the invention will be readily appreciated by all those familiar' withl this class of devices. It enables the easy and convenient attachment and detachment of the bracket; it provides for supporting shelves of various sizes; it is adapted for easy removal for cleaning; and it is substantial and durable inconstruction, and

economical to manufacture.

.It will bevunderstood that the invention may be variously ,changed or modified in construction, design, or other details by the skilled mechanic,but that all such changes are to be-considered-as within the scope of. the following claims. l

What I claim is:

l. A bracket of the class described consisting of a formed strip having a doubled middle portion and terminal attaching portions, and an angular member embraced between the upper and lower membersoftween the upper and lower members of the f middle doubled portion and provided with upwardly extending lip terminals, substantially asset forth.

4. A bracket of the class described consisting of a formed' strip having a doubled middle portion and terminal attaching portions, and an angular member embraced between the upper and lower members of the middle doubled portion andprovided-with telescoping extensible supporting portions. substantially as set' forth.

The combination with a window frame construction of the class described having a central rib portion intervening between converging panes, Vof a supporting bracket hav# ing a confrontingterminal, anda clip member adapted to embrace both of said portions and to hold them together, substantially as set forth. Y a .f v

6. The combination with a supporting ridge portion of the class described,l of a supporting bracket having confronting tere minals, and an embracing clip member having resilient sideportions adapted toengage said terminal and the ridge member, substantially as set forth.

In ltestimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. CRIST. Witnesses:

C. M. CLARKE, 'Fannie STAUB.

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