US3115254A - Adjustable shelving supports - Google Patents

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US3115254A
US3115254A US111093A US11109361A US3115254A US 3115254 A US3115254 A US 3115254A US 111093 A US111093 A US 111093A US 11109361 A US11109361 A US 11109361A US 3115254 A US3115254 A US 3115254A
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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
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  • This invention relates to adjustable shelving supports and has for its object to provide improved supporting means for this purpose which can be readily and quickly adjusted both for height and for inclination of the shelves and which are also relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the invention can be applied with particular advantage to shelving for display purposes, though not restricted thereto.
  • an adjustable shelf support is constituted by relatively slidable members each of which is formed for attachment to a shelf receiving structure.
  • the invention also consists in an adjustable shelf support comprising a bracket member formed for attachment to a shelf receiving structure, and a support member slidab'ly adjustable along said bracket member and also formed for attachment to said structure.
  • the invention alsoconsists in a support according to either of the two preceding paragraphs in which said members are formed with open ended slots for engagement with attachment means such as bolts.
  • attachment means such as bolts.
  • one of the said slots is of undercut form.
  • each of said members includes a part of narrow U-shape in cross section which parts are oppositely disposed and interengaged, the arrangement preventing relative movement other than sliding in the direction of the length of the support.
  • a bracket member of angle cross section has a vertical flange of narrow U-shaped section with a horizontal flange, and a support member slidable on the bracket member has a vertical flange of narrow inverted U- shaped section interengaged With the vertical flange of the bracket member and retained therein by the horizontal flange of the latter.
  • the relative lengths and dimensions of the relatively slidable members are such as to increase the load carrying capacity of that part of the support which overhangs the attachments thereof.
  • the invention also consists in a shelf assembly comprising spaced side members or plates each having two vertical series of spaced holes, and shelf supports according to any of the six preceding paragraphs attached or attachable to the said side members or plates by means engageable in the appropriate holes.
  • shelf stiffening members extending laterally between the shelf supports are provided.
  • FIGURE 1 is an end view of a portion of a shelf structure partly broken away and including shelf brackets constructed in accordance with one form of the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a front view of a shelf structure according to FIGURE 1 showing shelves ready for removal;
  • FIGURE 3 is an end view from the inside of a shelf structure showing a modified form of shelf bracket
  • FIGURE 4 is an enlarged cross section on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 3 of a shelf bracket showing part of a stiffening member
  • FIGURE 5 is an end view of a second modified form of shelf structure.
  • a shelf structure which includes two laterally spaced vertical side plates 1 and 2, parts of which are shown broken away, these side plates being connected laterally by any convenient means (not shown).
  • Each side plate is formed with two upwardly extending series of spaced holes 3 and 4 to take bolts which secure the shelf brackets to the side plates.
  • Each shelf bracket includes an angle strip 5 formed with a horizontal section 6, a vertical section 7, and a second vertical section 8 lying parallel to the vertical section 7 and joined thereto by a bottom U-bend 9.
  • One end of the vertical section 7 is formed as a deeper plate portion 10 in which is provided an undercut slot 11 opening to the lower edge of the plate portion 10 through flared edges 12.
  • Each shelf bracket also includes a support slidable in the U-shaped bracket sections 7 and 8 and comprising a vertical plate section 13 joined by a shoulder 14 to a vertical section 15 which latter is joined in turn by an inverted U-bend 16 to a downwardly extending vertical section 17 lying between the vertical sections 7 and 8 of the angle strip 5.
  • the shoulder 14 is formed so that the outer faces of the sections 7 and 13 (FIGURE 2) are in vertical alignment.
  • the support plate 13 is provided with a vertical slot 18 opening to the lower edge thereof through flared edges 19.
  • the outer edge of the support plate 113 is formed with an inwardly turned flange '20 serving as a finger piece for sliding the support plate along the angle strip 5.
  • the shelf brackets are secured to the inner faces of the side plates 1 and 2 by headed bolts 21 and wing nuts 2-2.
  • the brackets are assembled by first engaging the undercut part of the angle strip slot 11 with a loose bolt in one of the rear holes 4 as seen in FIGURE 1 and then sliding the support plate 13 until its slot 18 can be engaged over a second loose bolt in one of the front holes 3.
  • the nuts 22 are the-n tightened so that the brackets are firmly secured. It will be seen that by the provision of the slida-ble support plate 13 the brackets can be readily secured either in horizontal or in different inclined positions as may be required for display or other purposes. It will be seen that the support plate can be removed from the angle strip 5, and replaced thereon, by endwise sliding over the end opposite the plate part 10.
  • FIGURE 2 shows a shelf structure having three side plates 1, 2, 1 provided with brackets and including two shelves 23 which are shown in position during removal thereof. Each shelf has a downward flange 24- at the front and rear thereof for location over the brackets.
  • the shelf brackets shown in FIGURES 1 and 2 are dimensioned to project a relatively short distance in front of the side plates. Where a deeper shelf having a greater forward projection is desired the construction shown in FIGURES 3 and 4 is employed.
  • the angle strip 5 is generally of the same construction as previously described, but is lengthened as required.
  • the slida ble support 13a is also lengthened outwardly but is otherwise similar in construction to the previously described support 13. It will be evident that by reason of the longer support plate 13a the strength of each bracket in resisting downward loads thereon is increased exactly in the region where such greater strength is required, i.e. in the overhanging portion of the bracket. Where it is desired to afford extra strength to the shelf itself, stiffening members are provided which extend between adjacent brackets.
  • each stiffening member is shown in FIG- URE 3, and each consists of an inverted channel member 25 at each end of which there is provided a downwardly extending tongue 26.
  • These tongues are spaced outwardly from the end edges 27 of the channel sides so that they can be introduced between the vertical sections 7 and 8 of the angle strips 5.
  • Such introduction is ef fected by first removing the support plate 130 and sliding the tongues of one of the stitfening members endwise into the slots between the sections 7 and 8 at the free ends of the angle strips.
  • the support plates 13a are then introduced by endwise sliding into the-said spaces, and finally the second stiffening member is similarly introduced.
  • FIG- URE 3 showstwo shelf brackets, the upper bracket being horizontal and the lower bracket being downwardly inclined.
  • each side plate comprises two upwardly extending plate members, namely a rearpla-te member 28 containing the attachment holes 4 and a front plate or strip member 29 containing the attachment holes 3 and spaced from the rear member.
  • the -members 28 and 29 are laterally connected by any convenient means (not shown) to form the shelf structure,
  • This form provides a more open structure and economises .in material.
  • bracket having a straight shelf receiving part and first and second downwardly extending bracket parts each attached laterally to a side member of the assembly, said first downwardly extending part being located at least near one end of the straight part and integral therewith,
  • bracket may be afforded two 4 selective spaced points of supports and one unsupported and outwardly projecting end.
  • a shelving assembly according to claim *1 in which the straight part of the bracket is formed from sheet material to include a longitudinally extending cross sec tion of narrow U-shape, and the second downwardly extending bracket part is formed from sheet material to include a cross section of narrow .U-shape interengaged with the U-shaped section of said straight part.
  • a shelving assembly in which the straight part of the bracket is formed from sheet material to include a horizontal flange and a vertical flange, said vertical flange having a cross section of narrow U-shape lying within said horizontal flange, and said second downwardly extending bracket part being formed from sheet material to include avertica'l flange of inverted narrow U-sh-ape in cross section interengaged with the U-shaped vertical section of said straight part and retained therein by the said horizontal flange.
  • a shelving assembly according to claim 1 in which the side members are formed with two vertical series of spaced holes and the first and second downwardly extending bracket parts have downwardly facing open ended slots for engagement with clamping attachment means extending through said holes.
  • a shelving assembly according to claim 1 and further comprising at least one shelf stiffening member extending between two laterally spaced shelf supports, the straight -,part of each shelf support including a narrow vertical U-shaped section, and each end of each shelf stiffening memberhav-ing a downwardly extending tongue engaged in said U-shaped section whereby the shelf stiffening member is secured to the shelf supports.

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US3169813A (en) * 1963-08-26 1965-02-16 Westinghouse Electric Corp Cabinet structure
US3358621A (en) * 1965-06-22 1967-12-19 Szacsko Lajos Shelf systems
US3500768A (en) * 1968-02-27 1970-03-17 Alma Desk Co Reversible lower bookcase base frame
US3527353A (en) * 1968-08-13 1970-09-08 Paul L Farren Storage device
DE3520197A1 (de) * 1985-06-05 1986-12-11 Adams-Werbung GmbH + Co, 3400 Göttingen Warentraeger, insbesondere einhaengeboden
EP1072473A2 (de) * 1999-07-15 2001-01-31 RKB-Reparatur und Karosseriebau GmbH Kraftfahrzeug mit einem Behälteraufbau für Frachtgut
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US20070252496A1 (en) * 2006-04-26 2007-11-01 Remondino Paul D Track support system and method
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US11246396B2 (en) * 2019-09-03 2022-02-15 Joshua B. Boos Modular cabinet shelf
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