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US2963170A
US2963170A US24546A US2454660A US2963170A US 2963170 A US2963170 A US 2963170A US 24546 A US24546 A US 24546A US 2454660 A US2454660 A US 2454660A US 2963170 A US2963170 A US 2963170A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/04—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/30—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • A47B57/40—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of hooks coacting with openings
    • A47B57/42—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of hooks coacting with openings the shelf supports being cantilever brackets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/02—Shelves
    • A47B96/024—Shelves characterised by support bracket location means, e.g. fixing means between support bracket and shelf

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  • This invention relates to a shelf rack with'supporting side frames and shelves which can be adjusted relative to said frames.
  • Such racks are used for example in shops in order to display goods of all kinds which are intended for sale.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a shelf rack on which the shelves can be easily adjusted for height, inclination and in a forward and backward direction relative to the lateral supports.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a shelf rack in which the adjustments of the shelves can be effected by a single person and without making use of any tools such as screw-drivers or spanners.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a shelf rack with adjustable supporting means for the shelves which provide a rigid attachment of parts without making use of screws and the like.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a shelf rack the parts of which are simple and durable in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.
  • my invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangeatent-D
  • the apertures are formed by punching-out tabs 6 from the walls, the tabs being bent away from the wall in a. direction pointing inward and downward.
  • the bracket 2 (Fig. 3) is also provided with two similar tabs 7 spaced apart by distance equal to the distance between the tabs 6, so that the bracket 2 can be attached at any selected height to the support 1.
  • the tabs 7 which are directed obliquely downwarden"- gage with corresponding apertures 5, thus forming a connection on which loads applied from the above can be carried.
  • the apertures .5 are provided on opposite sides of the support 1 as illustrated, the latter can be used as intermediate support between two shelves. It is to be understood that instead of being of rectangular cross section the support can be of other cross sectional shapes.
  • Fig. l is a side elevation
  • Fig. 2 is avertical section of a first embodiment
  • Fig. 3 shows a bracket used with the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,
  • Figs. 4 to 6 show three successive stages in the assembly of the stay and the side edge of the shelf
  • Figs. 7 and 8 show two further embodiments of the side edge of the shelf
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another embodiment.
  • Fig. 10 shows in section the connection of the attachable bracket with the side frame of the embodiment constructed in accordance with Fig. 9.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show the connection to a vertical support 1 of a shelf 3 which consists of an angle iron.
  • the load carrying connection is eifected by means of a sheet metal bracket 2 which can be attached at any selected height to the support 1.
  • slots 11 which are uniformly spaced and with one of which an upper projection 9 of the bracket 2 engages.
  • a sheet metal stay 4 has angled hooks 13 at its ends 12, the hooks engaging with two other slots 11.
  • the stay 4 also has a number of notches 10 which are located substantially along a circular arc and one of which rests upon a lower projection 8 of the bracket 2. In the assembled condition, as illustrated, the centre of curvature of the circular are formed by the notches 10 coincides with the upper projection 9 of the bracket 2.
  • the vertical support 1 is of sheet metal and has front and back walls provided with equispaced apertures 5 positioned one above the other.
  • slots 11. and the notches 10 are so designed that the notches can be. disengaged by lifting up the shelf together with the stay.4.
  • the upper projection 8 is longer than the lower projection 8, so that in an intermediate position the projection 8 is disengaged whilst the upper projection 9 is still in engagement with the slot 11.
  • this intermediate position it is then possible to alter the angular position of the shelf in which new position the shelf can be secured by lowering the shelf and the stay 4 to engage a notch and-the projection 8 because all notches 10 are equi-distance from the projection 9.
  • the inclination of the shelf is determined by that one of the notches 10 which engages the projection 8.
  • Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show three successive stages in the replacement of one of the two hooks 13 in a slot 11.
  • the shelf 3 is a frame consisting of angle sections. This frame can be used to support a wire basket 14 or any other suitable container for goods. It is to be understood that the shelf can also take the form of a solid board 15 as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. These figures show the construction of the side edges to provide the slots or recesses 11.
  • the shelf may be mounted upon a single vertical support. Further, the same vertical support may have mounted upon it two shelves or sets of shelves, one shelf or set of shelves being mounted upon one face of the support and the other shelf or set of shelves on the opposite face of the support. Where, however, long shelves are used, it will normally be necessary to employ two spaced vertical supports each located adjacent one end of the shelf. In such an arrangement, shelves may still be inclined to the horizontal if required by suitably positioning the stay supporting the shelf.
  • FIG. 9 Anoth r embodiment of the invention is shown in perspective in Fig. 9, some parts of the shelf 3 having been omitted for clarity. Those components which are the same as those shown in Figs. 1 and 2 have the same reference numbers. What is different is mainly the attachable bracket 20.
  • the bracket In addition to the two tabs 21, the bracket has another tab 22 which projects inwardly and downwardly but is shorter in length than tabs 21 of the bracket and, after assembly, tab 22 rests upon the edge of an Patented Dec. 6, 1960 aperture 5 in the support 1.
  • the tab-22 acts as a stop preventing the tabs 21 from jamming in the apertures 5 in which they are located andifixes the level of the bracket 20 accurately with respect to the support 1.
  • the upper projection 24 is of diiferent shape, in that it is not bent but extends upwardly from a plate 25 spot welded to the bracket 20.
  • the position of the plate -2.5 is aligned by means of a tab 26 on the plate 2 5 which is inclined slightly and which extends into an aperture formed when tab 21 is punched.
  • the stay 4 may have a series of projections a selected one of which engages a suitably placed and dimensioned slot in the bracket.
  • the stand constructed in accordance with the invention offers numerous possibilities of adjusting the position of the shelves, all adjustment being performed very simply and without the use of any tools.
  • the embodiments described above offer great advantages from a manufacturing point of view, since all components can be formed by punching and bending sheet metal and since all components can be assembled without expensive machining processes.
  • a shelf rack comprising at least one support and at least one shelf adjustable for height, inclination and in a forward and backward direction relative to said support, each shelf having a number of spaced apertures or revics, at least one bracket detachably secured to the support, and supporting means for the shelves comprising a projection on the bracket engaged in one of said apertures or recesses, a stay with ends in engagement with selected ones of said apertures or recesses and a series of members one of which is in engagement with a co-operating device on the bracket to retain the stay in a predetermined position relative to the bracket.
  • a shelf rack as claimed in claim 1 said stay having a series of notches situated on an arc whose center of curvature coincides with said projection on the bracket, and a second projection on the bracket engaging a selected one of said notches.
  • a shelf rack as claimed in claim 2 the first of said projections on the bracket being longer than the second projection, the difierence in length being such that the first mentioned projection remains in engagement with the corresponding aperture or recess in the shelf after the second projection has disengaged said notch.
  • a shelf rack comprising at least two supports and at least one shelf in between of said supports, each shelf being adjustable for height, inclination and in a forward and backward direction relative to the supports, each shelf having a number of spaced apertures or recesses along its sides adjacent to the supports, each support including two opposite faces each of which is formed with a series of spaced apertures, a bracket for each of said sides of the shelves provided with spaced projections adapted to fit into selected ones of said apertures, on a support, and supporting means for each of said sides of the shelves comprising a projection on the bracket engaged in one of said apertures or recesses, a stay with ends in engagement with selected ones of said apertures or recesses and a series of members one of which is in engagement with a co-operating device on the bracket to retain the stay in a predetermined position relative to the bracket.
  • each bracket being of sheet metal, and the .said spaced projections on the brackets being punched tabs extending rearwardly and downwardly from the bracket.
  • each bracket having a further punched tab shorter in length than the other tabs and determined to rest upon the edge of a cooperating aperture in a support.
  • each stay having hook-like ends engaging selected ones of said apertures or recesses on the shelves and formed such that they are released from engagement by tilting movement of the stay about its ends toward the shelf.

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US3136270A (en) * 1962-10-24 1964-06-09 Revco Inc Adjustable shelving
US3143088A (en) * 1962-06-13 1964-08-04 Aurora Equipment Co Shelving structure
US3599919A (en) * 1969-12-05 1971-08-17 Stanley Works Shelf bracket assembly
US3686780A (en) * 1970-11-23 1972-08-29 Nat Blank Book Co Tilting rack for binder files
US3921539A (en) * 1974-12-31 1975-11-25 Thomson Leeds Co Shelf support structure
DE2501349A1 (de) * 1975-01-15 1976-07-22 Erich Schwan Inneneinrichtungssystem
US4090753A (en) * 1975-07-03 1978-05-23 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Fastening device
EP0005544A2 (fr) * 1978-05-17 1979-11-28 Erich Schwan Dispositif pour la fixation amovible d'une tablette à une colonne de présentoir
US4344367A (en) * 1980-08-05 1982-08-17 The Coca-Cola Company Modular product display system
US4708252A (en) * 1983-12-16 1987-11-24 The Kingston-Warren Corporation Storage rack system
US5115924A (en) * 1988-05-31 1992-05-26 Beatrice Konig-Haug Shelf system
US5531167A (en) * 1994-08-30 1996-07-02 Metro Industries, Inc. Locking hanger bracket for use in a quick-change modular shelving system and shelving system employing such hanger bracket
US5749480A (en) * 1997-01-17 1998-05-12 Stamford Investments, Inc. Pivotal display rack
US5975318A (en) * 1998-02-13 1999-11-02 Display Technologies, Inc. Display shelf assembly and bracket useful therein
US20070221103A1 (en) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-27 Equipment Brokers, Inc. D.B.A Rj Trausch Industries, Inc. Shelving assembly
US20080053935A1 (en) * 2006-09-06 2008-03-06 3M Innovative Properties Company Vertically mounted shelf assembly and accessories therefor
US8490800B2 (en) * 2010-05-14 2013-07-23 Sabritas, S. De R.L. De C.V. Gravity feed display rack
US20140265789A1 (en) * 2011-10-13 2014-09-18 Metzler Gmbh & Co Kg Device for storing utensils, especially tools
USD759463S1 (en) * 2014-02-21 2016-06-21 Wuerth Industrie Service Gmbh & Co. Kg Mount for storage box
US10736415B1 (en) 2019-07-22 2020-08-11 Frazier Industrial Company Formed support member with tab securing feature

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US1705237A (en) * 1927-03-07 1929-03-12 Elvah O Bulman Display rack
US2136109A (en) * 1936-05-09 1938-11-08 Claude W Kress Merchandise display

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US1705237A (en) * 1927-03-07 1929-03-12 Elvah O Bulman Display rack
US2136109A (en) * 1936-05-09 1938-11-08 Claude W Kress Merchandise display

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US3143088A (en) * 1962-06-13 1964-08-04 Aurora Equipment Co Shelving structure
US3136270A (en) * 1962-10-24 1964-06-09 Revco Inc Adjustable shelving
US3599919A (en) * 1969-12-05 1971-08-17 Stanley Works Shelf bracket assembly
US3686780A (en) * 1970-11-23 1972-08-29 Nat Blank Book Co Tilting rack for binder files
US3921539A (en) * 1974-12-31 1975-11-25 Thomson Leeds Co Shelf support structure
DE2501349A1 (de) * 1975-01-15 1976-07-22 Erich Schwan Inneneinrichtungssystem
US4090753A (en) * 1975-07-03 1978-05-23 Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H. Fastening device
EP0005544A2 (fr) * 1978-05-17 1979-11-28 Erich Schwan Dispositif pour la fixation amovible d'une tablette à une colonne de présentoir
EP0005544A3 (en) * 1978-05-17 1979-12-12 Erich Schwan Device for removably fixing a shelf to a column of a display stand
US4344367A (en) * 1980-08-05 1982-08-17 The Coca-Cola Company Modular product display system
US4708252A (en) * 1983-12-16 1987-11-24 The Kingston-Warren Corporation Storage rack system
US5115924A (en) * 1988-05-31 1992-05-26 Beatrice Konig-Haug Shelf system
US5531167A (en) * 1994-08-30 1996-07-02 Metro Industries, Inc. Locking hanger bracket for use in a quick-change modular shelving system and shelving system employing such hanger bracket
US5749480A (en) * 1997-01-17 1998-05-12 Stamford Investments, Inc. Pivotal display rack
WO1998031261A1 (fr) * 1997-01-17 1998-07-23 Stamford Investments, Inc. Presentoir pivotant
US5975318A (en) * 1998-02-13 1999-11-02 Display Technologies, Inc. Display shelf assembly and bracket useful therein
US20070221103A1 (en) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-27 Equipment Brokers, Inc. D.B.A Rj Trausch Industries, Inc. Shelving assembly
US20080053935A1 (en) * 2006-09-06 2008-03-06 3M Innovative Properties Company Vertically mounted shelf assembly and accessories therefor
US7931160B2 (en) * 2006-09-06 2011-04-26 3M Innovative Properties Company Vertically mounted shelf assembly and accessories therefor
US8490800B2 (en) * 2010-05-14 2013-07-23 Sabritas, S. De R.L. De C.V. Gravity feed display rack
US20140265789A1 (en) * 2011-10-13 2014-09-18 Metzler Gmbh & Co Kg Device for storing utensils, especially tools
US9247810B2 (en) * 2011-10-13 2016-02-02 Metzler Gmbh & Co Kg Device for storing utensils, especially tools
USD759463S1 (en) * 2014-02-21 2016-06-21 Wuerth Industrie Service Gmbh & Co. Kg Mount for storage box
US10736415B1 (en) 2019-07-22 2020-08-11 Frazier Industrial Company Formed support member with tab securing feature
US10945521B2 (en) 2019-07-22 2021-03-16 Frazier Industrial Company Formed support member

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