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US2263282A
US2263282A US291221A US29122139A US2263282A US 2263282 A US2263282 A US 2263282A US 291221 A US291221 A US 291221A US 29122139 A US29122139 A US 29122139A US 2263282 A US2263282 A US 2263282A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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  • This invention relates ⁇ generally to shelving supports and is particularly directed to a metallic strip adapted to receive and hold supporting members between the spaced apart sides thereof, the supporting members adapted to support a shelf thereon.
  • a still further object'of the invention is to provide a shelf support strip whereby a plurality of shelves may be adjustably mounted thereon and held in any position to which adjusted.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide means extending between the spaced apart sides of the elongated 'member either integral therewith or secured thereto, which means, in turn, ⁇ are secured together whereby the spaced apart sides of the elongated member are held together.
  • Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional perspective View showing the shelving support of our invention used with a horizontally located shelf, and also showing the manner in which the shelf is held against vertical movement.
  • Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section ofone
  • Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational View of the strip of Fig. 4.
  • Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are respectively a horizontal section, a fragmentary vertical section and a fragmentary side elevational view of one of the strips showing a modification of our invention
  • Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively a horizontal section and a fragmentary side elevational view of the strip showing a still further modification.
  • brackets which have ears thereon adapted to be inserted between the sides of the vertically positioned strip and held against the supporting means therein for the purpose of supporting a shelf thereon.
  • a similar bracket member may be inserted immediately above the shelf in an inverted position to prevent its upward movement.
  • the supporting strip itself is adapted to be inserted 'within a slot in the vertical side members of a shelving structure.
  • a vertical supporting memberl is located at each side of the completed structure which has a plurality of vertical slots 2 therein which are i spaced from the front to the rear of the side member l.'
  • This side member is adapted to have bottom and top supporting members secured bei tween the two sides to make the completed shelving structure.
  • the supporting strip of our invention comprises two spaced apart elongated members 3.
  • each of these members has a plurality of vertically spaced apart tongues 4 struck inwardly therefrom and the opposingY gether, some of the contacting tongues 4 are secured together such as by welding or ⁇ any other i desired means, which produces a unitary struchas integral therewith and extending at right angles thereto another portion 8 which has a iinger ⁇ Svextending upwardly therefrom if the bracket is to be usedbelow the shelf, or downwardly therefrom if the bracket is to be used above the shelf.
  • the finger 9 is inserted first between two of the spaced apart supporting means extending between the sides 3.
  • the finger S is then inserted behind one of the supporting means which prevents its removal outwardly.
  • the next lowermost supporting means 4 supports the lower edge of the portion 8 thereby preventing any downward movement thereof.
  • the portion I of the bracket will then lie flush against the side member l and the portion 6 thereof extends outward A ly therefrom in a horizontal planexwhereupon ⁇ the shelf l0 may be placed thereon and heldin position. It must be remembered that between the front and rear edges of each of the side memthe means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed. y
  • a shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially against being lifted upwardly, a similar bracket may be placed thereabove 'as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and held in position in a vsimilar manner to that described with respectrto the lower. bracket.
  • vlr"igs..6, 7 and 8 wherein a modification ofthe supporting means between the spaced apart members 3 is shown, instead of the tongues. 4 being struck inwardly and overlapping each other to form the supportingmeans for the brackets, a plurality of opposing holesare placed ineach of the spaced side members3 adapted to receive the ends Il of the supporting lugs.
  • These lugs include the smaller circular ends Il, and the enlarged central portion I2 which determines the distance apart of the spaced side members 3.
  • the supporting lugs each rhave one end H thereof inserted in the openings in one of the side members.3, whereupon the other side member is placed over the rst one and receives the opposite .ends H in the openings thereof.
  • Some of these supporting means are longer than others sothat when the strip has been assembled, the outer .longer ends of some of the means are hammered down and flattened to form the outer ends
  • the brackets which support the shelves are inserted in the same manner above described with respect to Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
  • each of the strips 3 have a plurality of spaced apart inwardly extending portions I4 at diametrically opposed points throughout the length thereof adapted to bear against each other in the assembled position.
  • I4 inwardlyv I4 determine the distance ⁇ parallel portions, a plurality of supporting means spaced apart along the length of said member and between said portions, some of said means holding said portions together, and a flange on the outer edge of each of said portions extending away from the space therebetween.
  • a shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions open at its front and rear sides, and a plurality of opposed spaced apa-rt supporting means extending inwardly from each of said portions in the space therebetween, some of said opposing means being secured together.
  • a shelf support strip comprising, two separate spaced apart vertical members, a plurality of vertically. spaced tongues extending inwardly from each of said members at substantially opspacedapart side member 3 of the supporting posed points, and means to secure some of said opposed tongues together, to thereby secure said members together;
  • a shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions, a plurality of spaced apart opposed openings in said portions, lugs provided with enlarged central portions having the ends thereof received in opposed openings, and means to secure some of said lugs to said parallel portions, for the purposes specified.
  • a shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions, a plurality of spaced apart inwardly extending offset portions on each of said parallel portions at opposed points along the length thereof, the inner surfaces of opposing offset portions contacting each other to form supporting members, and means to secure some of said contacting portions together to hold the parallel portions against relativ-e movement.
  • the combination with a support havinga vertical slot therein, of a shelf support strip located within said slot comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions open at its front and rear sides, and a plurality of supporting means spaced apart along the length of said member and between said portions, some of said means holding said portions together.
  • each of said portions has an outwardly extending flange fiush with the sur- )face of said support.
  • said supporting means including tongues extending inwardly from each of said members at substantially opposed points, and means to secure some of said tongues together.
  • each of said portions has an outwardly extending flange ush with the surface of said support,'and said supporting means extending inwardly from each of said portions in the space therebetween, some of said means being secured together.
  • a construction of the class described comprising, two spaced apart vertical side members, vertically spaced lugs extending between said members, some of said lugs serving to hold said members together, and a ange on the outer front edge of each of said side members extending away from the spacetherebetween.

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Nov. 18, 1941. l f K. c. wELcH ErAL 'SHELF SUPPORT STRIP )nveln WeJc ndewe.)
Ken e, C.
rhomb' N( Filed Aug'. 2l, 1939 Patented Nov. 18, 1941 SHELF SUPPORT STRIP Kenneth C. Welch and Anthony Vanderveld, Grand Rapids, Mich., assignors to Grand Rapids Store Equipment Company,
Grand Rapids,
Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application August 21, 1939, Serial No. 291,221
` 13 claims. (ci. 24a-243) This invention relates `generally to shelving supports and is particularly directed to a metallic strip adapted to receive and hold supporting members between the spaced apart sides thereof, the supporting members adapted to support a shelf thereon.
It Vis the principle object of this invention to provide an elongated strip comprising spaced apart substantially parallel side portions having therebetween a plurality of spaced apart supporting members, some of which are adapted to hold together the spaced sides of the strip.
A still further object'of the invention is to provide a shelf support strip whereby a plurality of shelves may be adjustably mounted thereon and held in any position to which adjusted.
Another object of the invention is to provide means extending between the spaced apart sides of the elongated 'member either integral therewith or secured thereto, which means, in turn,` are secured together whereby the spaced apart sides of the elongated member are held together.
Other objects and purposes of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends said invention,` then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
The annexed drawing and following description set forth in detail certain means and a few of the modes for carrying out my invention said means constituting, however, but a fewof the various ways in which the principle of my invention may be employed.
In said annexed drawing, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various views:
Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional perspective View showing the shelving support of our invention used with a horizontally located shelf, and also showing the manner in which the shelf is held against vertical movement.
Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section ofone Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational View of the strip of Fig. 4.
Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are respectively a horizontal section, a fragmentary vertical section and a fragmentary side elevational view of one of the strips showing a modification of our invention,
and
Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively a horizontal section and a fragmentary side elevational view of the strip showing a still further modification.
Inpractice, brackets are used which have ears thereon adapted to be inserted between the sides of the vertically positioned strip and held against the supporting means therein for the purpose of supporting a shelf thereon. `If it is desired, a similar bracket member may be inserted immediately above the shelf in an inverted position to prevent its upward movement. The supporting strip itself is adapted to be inserted 'within a slot in the vertical side members of a shelving structure.
Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a vertical supporting memberl is located at each side of the completed structure which has a plurality of vertical slots 2 therein which are i spaced from the front to the rear of the side member l.' This side member is adapted to have bottom and top supporting members secured bei tween the two sides to make the completed shelving structure.
The supporting strip of our invention comprises two spaced apart elongated members 3. In the form shown in Figs. l to 5 each of these members has a plurality of vertically spaced apart tongues 4 struck inwardly therefrom and the opposingY gether, some of the contacting tongues 4 are secured together such as by welding or `any other i desired means, which produces a unitary struchas integral therewith and extending at right angles thereto another portion 8 which has a iinger` Svextending upwardly therefrom if the bracket is to be usedbelow the shelf, or downwardly therefrom if the bracket is to be used above the shelf.' In inserting the lower bracket between the sides 3 of the vertical supporting member, the finger 9 is inserted first between two of the spaced apart supporting means extending between the sides 3. The finger S is then inserted behind one of the supporting means which prevents its removal outwardly. The next lowermost supporting means 4 supports the lower edge of the portion 8 thereby preventing any downward movement thereof. The portion I of the bracket will then lie flush against the side member l and the portion 6 thereof extends outward A ly therefrom in a horizontal planexwhereupon` the shelf l0 may be placed thereon and heldin position. It must be remembered that between the front and rear edges of each of the side memthe means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed. y
We claim: 1. A shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially against being lifted upwardly, a similar bracket may be placed thereabove 'as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and held in position in a vsimilar manner to that described with respectrto the lower. bracket.
Referring now more particularly to vlr"igs..6, 7 and 8; wherein a modification ofthe supporting means between the spaced apart members 3 is shown, instead of the tongues. 4 being struck inwardly and overlapping each other to form the supportingmeans for the brackets, a plurality of opposing holesare placed ineach of the spaced side members3 adapted to receive the ends Il of the supporting lugs. These lugs include the smaller circular ends Il, and the enlarged central portion I2 which determines the distance apart of the spaced side members 3. In assembling this particular modification, the supporting lugs each rhave one end H thereof inserted in the openings in one of the side members.3, whereupon the other side member is placed over the rst one and receives the opposite .ends H in the openings thereof. Some of these supporting means are longer than others sothat when the strip has been assembled, the outer .longer ends of some of the means are hammered down and flattened to form the outer ends |.3 thereby holding the spaced side members 3 ,against movement away from each other. .In this modification the brackets which support the shelves are inserted in the same manner above described with respect to Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
` Referring now more particularly to Figs. 9 and 10, which is a still further modification of our.
invention, each of the strips 3 have a plurality of spaced apart inwardly extending portions I4 at diametrically opposed points throughout the length thereof adapted to bear against each other in the assembled position. These inwardlyv I4 determine the distance` parallel portions, a plurality of supporting means spaced apart along the length of said member and between said portions, some of said means holding said portions together, and a flange on the outer edge of each of said portions extending away from the space therebetween.
2. A shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions open at its front and rear sides, and a plurality of opposed spaced apa-rt supporting means extending inwardly from each of said portions in the space therebetween, some of said opposing means being secured together.
3. A shelf support strip comprising, two separate spaced apart vertical members, a plurality of vertically. spaced tongues extending inwardly from each of said members at substantially opspacedapart side member 3 of the supporting posed points, and means to secure some of said opposed tongues together, to thereby secure said members together;
4. A shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions, a plurality of spaced apart opposed openings in said portions, lugs provided with enlarged central portions having the ends thereof received in opposed openings, and means to secure some of said lugs to said parallel portions, for the purposes specified.
5. The combination of elements defined in claim 4,' said means including elongated ends on some of said lugs adapted to be flattened, as specified.
6. A shelf support strip comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions, a plurality of spaced apart inwardly extending offset portions on each of said parallel portions at opposed points along the length thereof, the inner surfaces of opposing offset portions contacting each other to form supporting members, and means to secure some of said contacting portions together to hold the parallel portions against relativ-e movement.
'7. The combination with a support havinga vertical slot therein, of a shelf support strip located Within said slot comprising, an elongated member having spaced apart substantially parallel portions open at its front and rear sides, and a plurality of supporting means spaced apart along the length of said member and between said portions, some of said means holding said portions together.
8. The combination of elements defined in claim 7, wherein each of said portions has an outwardly extending flange fiush with the sur- )face of said support.
9. The combination of elements defined in claim '7, said supporting means extending inwardly from each of said portions in the space therebetween, and some of said means being secured together.
10. The combination of elements dened in claim 7, said supporting means including tongues extending inwardly from each of said members at substantially opposed points, and means to secure some of said tongues together.
11. The combination of elements defined in claim 7, wherein each of said portions has an outwardly extending flange ush with the surface of said support,'and said supporting means extending inwardly from each of said portions in the space therebetween, some of said means being secured together.
12. A construction of the class described comprising, two spaced apart vertical side members, vertically spaced lugs extending between said members, some of said lugs serving to hold said members together, and a ange on the outer front edge of each of said side members extending away from the spacetherebetween.
13. The combination of elements defined in claim 12, said lugs having end portions of smaller diameter than the center thereof and receivable in opposed openings in said side members.
KENNETH C. WELCH. ANTHONY VANDERVELD.
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US2876978A (en) * 1956-04-04 1959-03-10 Robinson Eliot Support brackets
US2909353A (en) * 1955-05-12 1959-10-20 Garden City Plating & Mfg Comp Bracket mounting
US3000604A (en) * 1958-05-09 1961-09-19 Schulze-Robbecke Hans Frame having carrying arms fastened to holding rails
US3025971A (en) * 1955-05-19 1962-03-20 Garcy Corp Mounting for display brackets
US3859763A (en) * 1968-11-15 1975-01-14 Per Dahm Wall rails for fixing of wall panels and for interior fittings
US4146140A (en) * 1977-01-19 1979-03-27 Adolf Suter Support system
US4231300A (en) * 1979-09-04 1980-11-04 Shepard John S Shelf bracket assembly
US5026015A (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-06-25 Patrick Michael E Shelf frame bracket
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US2909353A (en) * 1955-05-12 1959-10-20 Garden City Plating & Mfg Comp Bracket mounting
US3025971A (en) * 1955-05-19 1962-03-20 Garcy Corp Mounting for display brackets
US2876978A (en) * 1956-04-04 1959-03-10 Robinson Eliot Support brackets
US3000604A (en) * 1958-05-09 1961-09-19 Schulze-Robbecke Hans Frame having carrying arms fastened to holding rails
US3859763A (en) * 1968-11-15 1975-01-14 Per Dahm Wall rails for fixing of wall panels and for interior fittings
US4146140A (en) * 1977-01-19 1979-03-27 Adolf Suter Support system
US4231300A (en) * 1979-09-04 1980-11-04 Shepard John S Shelf bracket assembly
US5026015A (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-06-25 Patrick Michael E Shelf frame bracket
US5201120A (en) * 1992-06-17 1993-04-13 Patrick Michael E Method for constructing shelving
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