US704957A - Bracket for subsidiary shelving. - Google Patents

Description

No. 704,957. Patented sul I5. 1902.

w. a, canon. BRACKET FOR SUBSKDIARY SHELVING.

(Application med 1hr.- 16, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILEY G. CROOM, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM F. KEAN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BRACKET FOR SUBSIDIARY SHELVING.

SPECIFICATION, forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 704,957, dated. my 15, 1902.

Application filed March 16, 1902. Serial No. 98,335. (NomodeL) I To all whom it ntosy concern.-

Be it known that I, WILEY G. GnooM,

r the city of Memphis, inthe county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain Improvements in Brackets for Subsidiary Shelving, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bracket whereby additional shelf-roonr may be easily and cheaply obtained in stores and various other places, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which--- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the construction and use of the present invention.

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Referring now to the drawings, 1 is an ordinary stationary shelf to which the improved bracket is applied. The improved bracket consists of the horizontalbar 2, which fits against the under side of the stationary shelf 1. 3 is a similar horizontal bar upon which the subsidiary shelf 4. rests, and its position is considerably in advanceof the one 2. The ends of the bar 3 are connected to those of the one 2 by means of the angular bars 5 and 6, and the device is strengthenedby thevertical bar 7, which,with}th'e ones 2 alndd'forms Fig. 2 is a geometrical side view, illustrating a modification in the construction ary shelf, the vertical bar 7 is continued above the horizontal bar 2 and provided with .the backwardly-extending lug 12, which rests on the stationary shelf "'1 and is secured to the said shelf by means of an ordinary screw, as shown in Fig. 1, or the'said lug may be situated a suitabledistance above the stationary shelf, as shown in; Fig. 12," and provided with a thumb-screw 13, having a loose cap 14:, which is substituted for the ordinary screw shown in Fig. 1. This latter construction al lows of the employment of a standard'bracket adapted for use in connection with shelves difiering somewhat in thickness, whereas in the first construction the bracket would only be applicable to shelves of one thickness without some change, such as reducing the thickness of the shelf at the place covered by the lug-if the shelf is too thick or by inserting under the lug a suitable liner if the shelf is thinner than the space between the bar 2 and the under surface of'the lug.'

In practice asufficient number of the improved brackets are used to properly sup port the subsidiary shelf and articles placed thereon;

I claim as my inventiom- A bracket to be used in subsidiary shelv= ing, which consists of a horizontal bar adapted for application to the under side of a sta tionary or main shelf, provided with a supporting-1n g which extends over the upper side of the said shelf, combined with a second horizontal bar situated below and forward of the first, to sustain a subsidiary shelf, angular bars which connect the rear and the forward ends, respectively, of the horizontal bars, and a vertical bar which unites the forward end of the upper horizontal bar with'the rear end of the lower one, substantially as specified. w

W'ILEY- G. OROQM.

Witnesses:

Guns. 0. WELLF'ORD,

J. W. SMITH.

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