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US3187693A
US3187693A US280909A US28090963A US3187693A US 3187693 A US3187693 A US 3187693A US 280909 A US280909 A US 280909A US 28090963 A US28090963 A US 28090963A US 3187693 A US3187693 A US 3187693A
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Earl F Hamilton
Edwin K Moore
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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
    • A47B13/00—Details of tables or desks
    • A47B13/02—Underframes
    • A47B13/06—Underframes of metal
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
    • F16B12/10—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like
    • F16B12/28—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for metal furniture parts
    • F16B12/30—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like for metal furniture parts using threaded bolts

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  • This invention relates to an article of furniture, and more particularly to a leg mounting for a shelf or the like for an article of furniture.
  • a shelf having angularly disposed edges forming the shelf corners at their junctures.
  • the edges of the shelf are bordered by skirts normal to the plane of the shelf and provided with inwardly rolled beads along their lower edges.
  • the shelf and skirt are ofiset inwardly at each shelf corner to form a recessed mounting seat for a ground-engaging leg.
  • a bracket is provided at each mounting seat and comprises a pair of angularly disposed arms received against the inner face of the skirt stretches extending along a pair of adjacent shelf edges.
  • the bracket arm have means engageable with the skirt beads for releasably mounting the bracket on the shelf at the mounting seat.
  • Fastening means extend through aligned openings in the bracket and leg for rigidly mounting the leg on the shelf and rigidly interconnecting said bracket to the shelf.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shelf structure embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the shelf structure shown in FIG. 1 with portions thereof being broken away;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2;
  • PEG. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is an isometric view of the mounting bracket shown in FIG. 2.
  • each of the shelves is formed from sheet-metal and comprises an upper supporting surface 15 terminating at the shelf edges in skirts 16 and 17 extending substantially continuously around the shelf.
  • the lower ends of the skirts 16 and 17 are rolled inwardly to form beads 13 and 19 whose edges are spaced from their respective skirts.
  • the shelf edges are angularly oriented with respect to each other to thus define the shelf corners at their junctures where the legs 12 are mounted.
  • the helf is offset inwardly at its corners to provide recessed mounting seats for connection to the legs 12. To this end, a section of surface is removed and the skirts terminate inwardly from the shelf corners.
  • a mounting bracket 29 is provided at each shelf corner and comprises a pair of arms 22 and 23 which are angularly disposed to each other for engagement with the inner 3,187,693 Patented June 8, 1965 "ice face of the skirts 16 and 17 adjacent the shelf corner.
  • bracket arms 22 and 23 are bent inwardly at right angles to each other, as at 24, so that when said bracket is mounted in one of the shelf corners, the arm portion 24 lies in the vertical plane of the inwardly offset edge of the shelf supporting surface 15 to abut a pair of adjacent walls on the leg 12 in face-to-face contact.
  • a pair of bosses 25 are formed on the portion 24 to strengthen the bracket 20.
  • bracket 21 In order to releasably mount the bracket 21 on the shelf 19, downwardly projecting fingers 27 and 28 are formed on the bracket arms 23 and 22, respectively.
  • the finger 27 is inserted in the space between the bead 19 and skirt 17 along one side of the shelf, and the skirt 17 is stressed inwardly to dispose the bracket finger 28 in alignment with a notch 39 cut in the bead 18 on the skirt 15.
  • the skirt 17 will again spring outwardly clue to its inherent resiliency to dispose the bracket finger 28 out of alignment with the notch 30 to thus releasably retain the finger 23 between the skirt 16 and the bead 18 for releasably retaining the bracket on the shelf.
  • a pair of lugs 32 and 33 project out of the general plane of the bracket arms 23 and 22, respectively, and engage the upper faces of the beads 19 and 18.
  • the distance between the lower faces of the lugs 32 and 33 and the upper edges of the bracket arms 22 and 23 i smaller than the distance between the upper edges of the bracket arms and the lower edges of the fingers 27 and 23 to thus prevent the fingers 27 and 23 from pulling out of the beads 13 and 19.
  • the leg 12 is mounted on the shelf by disposing a pair of its adjacent wall surfaces in the mounting seat formed in the shelf against the bracket arm portion 24.
  • a bolt 3a i then inserted through aligned openings in the leg 12 and an opening 33 in the bracket 20 disposed in alignment with the leg openings.
  • the bolt 36 projects through the bracket opening 38 for the reception of a nut 49.
  • said nut will bear against the bracket 2% to cause the bracket arms 22 and 23 to bear against the inner faces of the skirts 16 and 17, respectively, and further cause the leg 12 to be bindingly retained against the bracket arm portion 24 and the inwardly offset edges of the shelf surface 15 and the ends of the beads 13 and 19.
  • a leg mounting for a' shelf or the like comprising (a) a shelf having at least one pair of edges disposed at an angle to each other and forming a shelf corner at their juncture,
  • said skirts and shelf having offsets formed therein at said corner forming a mounting seat for said leg, (e) a bracket having a pair of angularly disposed arms abutting the inner faces of said skirts, (f) a pair of fingers on said arms interposed between the skirts and beads along said pair of shelf edges for retaining said bracket in said corner, and
  • a leg mounting for a shelf or the like comprising (a) a shelf having a supporting surface and at least one pair of edges disposed at an angle to each other and forming a shelf corner at their juncture,
  • said skirts may be stressed inwardly whereby upon positioning one finger between the skirt and bead along the other shelf edge, the skirt along said other shelf edge may be stressed inwardly to dispose the other finger in alignment with said notch for inserting said other finger between the skirt and bead along said one shelf edge, said other finger and notch being disposed out of alignment with each other upon release of the inward stress on the skirt along said other shelf edge.

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GB27572/63A GB983348A (en) 1963-05-16 1963-07-11 Improvements in or relating to a leg mounting for a shelf or the like
FR947011A FR1368601A (fr) 1963-05-16 1963-09-10 Perfectionnements apportés au montage de pieds pour tablettes, rayons ou élémentssimilaires

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US3330229A (en) * 1965-10-21 1967-07-11 Hirsh Mfg Co Sa Knockdown steel shelving unit and corner fastening means therefor
US3339504A (en) * 1966-05-09 1967-09-05 Lyon Metal Products Inc Table construction
US3348798A (en) * 1965-11-18 1967-10-24 Crane Canada Ltd Laundry tub stand
US3355033A (en) * 1965-10-21 1967-11-28 Hirsh Mfg Co Sa Knockdown steel shelving unit and corner fastening means therefor
US3420484A (en) * 1967-03-06 1969-01-07 Gen Metal Products Co Corner construction for knock-down tables
US3613606A (en) * 1970-02-27 1971-10-19 American Hospital Supply Corp Adjustable table frame construction
US3620377A (en) * 1969-09-12 1971-11-16 Gilbert J Holtz Closet accessory construction
US3691966A (en) * 1971-01-25 1972-09-19 Hirsh Co Corner attachment for lightweight steel shelving
US3749343A (en) * 1971-10-15 1973-07-31 H Marschak Means for connecting adjacent railings to a post to form a support for forming a bookcase, shelving, or the like
US3856371A (en) * 1973-10-17 1974-12-24 Gen Metalcraft Inc Knock-down desk construction
US3888192A (en) * 1973-12-28 1975-06-10 Cosco Inc Cart-leg connection
US4120250A (en) * 1976-05-19 1978-10-17 Hans Viessmann Connecting structure for shelves
USD263900S (en) 1979-05-21 1982-04-20 Stinard Ann M Child's wardrobe
USD313134S (en) 1987-06-01 1990-12-25 Pollack Sanford S Book shelf or similar article
USD363625S (en) 1994-02-01 1995-10-31 Levine Bart J Three tiered table
USD363624S (en) 1994-02-01 1995-10-31 Levine Bart J Two tiered table
US5678491A (en) * 1993-12-13 1997-10-21 Alltrista Corporation Plastic table structure
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US6929096B1 (en) * 2002-12-19 2005-08-16 Systemax, Inc. Stringer/shelf frame construction
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USD736545S1 (en) * 2014-01-29 2015-08-18 Siamak Taghaddos Book stand
USD908400S1 (en) * 2020-05-19 2021-01-26 Wudi Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Office desk
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US1346955A (en) * 1918-06-24 1920-07-20 August J Gustafson Furniture
US1558618A (en) * 1922-10-11 1925-10-27 Joseph Dirckx Metal furniture
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US3280767A (en) * 1965-02-12 1966-10-25 Theodore Equipment Corp Removable-shelving rack
US3330229A (en) * 1965-10-21 1967-07-11 Hirsh Mfg Co Sa Knockdown steel shelving unit and corner fastening means therefor
US3355033A (en) * 1965-10-21 1967-11-28 Hirsh Mfg Co Sa Knockdown steel shelving unit and corner fastening means therefor
US3348798A (en) * 1965-11-18 1967-10-24 Crane Canada Ltd Laundry tub stand
US3327658A (en) * 1966-03-15 1967-06-27 Lyon Metal Products Inc Table construction
US3339504A (en) * 1966-05-09 1967-09-05 Lyon Metal Products Inc Table construction
US3420484A (en) * 1967-03-06 1969-01-07 Gen Metal Products Co Corner construction for knock-down tables
US3620377A (en) * 1969-09-12 1971-11-16 Gilbert J Holtz Closet accessory construction
US3613606A (en) * 1970-02-27 1971-10-19 American Hospital Supply Corp Adjustable table frame construction
US3691966A (en) * 1971-01-25 1972-09-19 Hirsh Co Corner attachment for lightweight steel shelving
US3749343A (en) * 1971-10-15 1973-07-31 H Marschak Means for connecting adjacent railings to a post to form a support for forming a bookcase, shelving, or the like
US3856371A (en) * 1973-10-17 1974-12-24 Gen Metalcraft Inc Knock-down desk construction
US3888192A (en) * 1973-12-28 1975-06-10 Cosco Inc Cart-leg connection
US4120250A (en) * 1976-05-19 1978-10-17 Hans Viessmann Connecting structure for shelves
USD263900S (en) 1979-05-21 1982-04-20 Stinard Ann M Child's wardrobe
USD313134S (en) 1987-06-01 1990-12-25 Pollack Sanford S Book shelf or similar article
US5678491A (en) * 1993-12-13 1997-10-21 Alltrista Corporation Plastic table structure
USD363625S (en) 1994-02-01 1995-10-31 Levine Bart J Three tiered table
USD363624S (en) 1994-02-01 1995-10-31 Levine Bart J Two tiered table
US6681705B2 (en) 2001-05-18 2004-01-27 Hirsh Industries Inc. Support structure and method of assembly thereof
US6929096B1 (en) * 2002-12-19 2005-08-16 Systemax, Inc. Stringer/shelf frame construction
EP1598565A1 (en) * 2004-05-18 2005-11-23 Store Van S.r.l. Means for fastening for a bearing modular structure
USD736545S1 (en) * 2014-01-29 2015-08-18 Siamak Taghaddos Book stand
USD908400S1 (en) * 2020-05-19 2021-01-26 Wudi Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Office desk
USD910342S1 (en) * 2020-06-23 2021-02-16 Gold Wing Trading Inc. Folding desk
USD1073242S1 (en) * 2023-04-14 2025-04-29 HAY ApS Trolley

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