US3346226A - Adjustable angle bracket - Google Patents

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US3346226A
US3346226A US478281A US47828165A US3346226A US 3346226 A US3346226 A US 3346226A US 478281 A US478281 A US 478281A US 47828165 A US47828165 A US 47828165A US 3346226 A US3346226 A US 3346226A
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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
    • A47B57/045—Cantilever shelves

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  • the present invention relates to a support for shelving and the like, and more particularly to a shelf support bracket of the type having rearwardly extending hooked extensions on the rear end of the bracket which are adapted to extend into similarly spaced slots in the front wall of an upright and which is supportable in at least three different angular positions.
  • Bracekts of this type generally having notches in the upper edges of one or more of the bracket extensions which permit the adjustment of the angle of the bracket by the engagement of different notches with the front walls of the uprights.
  • An object of the invention is to provide an improved bracket construction of the type described which permits the bracket to be supported at a number of angles with respect to the upright by means of uniquely shaped and placed notches in the bracket extensions which enhances the stability and flexibility of the bracket.
  • bracket extensions instead of placing angle adjusting notches in the upper edges of the one or more bracket extensions, uniquely shaped notches are placed in the bottom edges of the bracket extensions. (It should be understood, however, that certain broader aspects of the invention have application to brackets where the uniquely shaped notches are placed in the upper edges of the hooked bracket extensions.)
  • the placement of the notches in the bottom edges of the bracket extensions permits the brackets to be inserted in place within an upright by moving the bracket horizontally to bring the extensions into the upright slots and then dropping the bracket to bring the defining walls of the notches into engagement with the portion of the upright below the upright slots.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the bracket constructed in accordance with the preferred form of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the bracket of FIG. 1 carrying a shelf shown in section, the bracket being supported in a horizontal position from an upright also shown in section;
  • FIG. 3 shows the shelf assembly of FIG. 2 supported from the upright at an upwardly inclined angle
  • FIG. 4 shows shelf assembly supported from the upright at a downwardly inclined angle
  • FIG. 5 is a reduced perspective view of a shelf assem- 3,346,226 Patented Oct. 10, 1967 "ice bly like that shown in FIGS. 2 through 4 as it is held in position to be mounted upon a pair of spaced uprights.
  • the bracket 2 shown in the drawings is a relatively thin sheet metal stamping of aluminum or other similar material having an elongated shelf support portion 2a and an upright engaging portion 2b at the inner end thereof.
  • the bracket upright engaging portions 2b has projecting from the rear edge 4 thereof a pair of vertically spaced, downwardly hooked extensions 6:: and 6b.
  • Hooked extensions 6a and 6b are adapted to support the bracket 2 in the various angular positions shown in the drawings.
  • the hooked extensions 6a and 6b engage with the defining walls of a pair of vertically spaced slots 8a and 8b formed in the front wall 8 of an upright 10.
  • the bracket 2 may be mounted on the upright 10 by a simple horizontal rearward movement of the bracket 2 to bring the hooked extensions into the upright slots 8l8b and then lowering the same into position on the upright.
  • a shelf 12 may be supported in position on the bracket 2.
  • the shelf 12 may be provided with a bifurcated depending flange 14 which straddles the shoulder 16 of a notch 18 formed in the upper edge of the bracket.
  • FIG. 5 shows a complete bracket and shelf assembly 20 comprising a pair of brackets 2-2 and a shelf 12 extending therebetween.
  • the shelf assembly may be inserted in position on the upright 19 while it supports articles by the simple expedient of moving the shelf assembly rearwardly to bring the bracket extensions into the upright slots 8a and 8b and then dropping the same while maintaining the horizontal orientation of the shelf 12.
  • the upper hooked extensions 6a is provided with a downwardly and forwardly extending notch 22 opening onto the bottom edge of the extension between the inner and outer edges 24 and 26 thereof.
  • the inner edge 24 of the hooked extension 6a extends along a line which is transverse to the upper edge 27 of the shelf supporting portion 2a of the bracket 2.
  • the notch 22 has a width substantially greater than the thickness of the upright wall 8, and the opposite side edges 22a-22b thereof preferably incline downwardly and forwardly with respect to the inner edge 24 of the hooked extension 6a.
  • the inner edge 24 of the hooked extension 6a is in spaced confronting relation with the portion 4a of the rear edge 4 of the bracket and forms therewith the notch 26 below the upper hooked extension 6a.
  • the edge portion 4a inclines downwardly and rearwardly with respect to the inner edge 24 of the hooked extension 6a.
  • the bracket edge portion 4a merges with an edge portion 4b at the bottom thereof which is parallel to the plane of the inner edge 24 of the upper hooked extension and spaced therefrom a distance approximately the thickness of the front wall 8 of the upright 10.
  • the rear edge 4 of the bracket 2 intersects the upper margin of the lower hooked extension 617 of the bracket.
  • the lower hooked extension 6b has a notch 30 in the bottom thereof between the inner and outer edges 32 and 33 thereof.
  • the notch 30 is positioned outwardly of the notch 22 in the upper hooked extension 4a and inclines generally rearwardly and outwardly of the same.
  • the notch 30 has a pair of sides 30a and 3% which are parallel to one another and are spaced apart preferably approximately the thickness of the front wall 8 of the upright 10.
  • the side 30:: of the notch 30 preferably extends along a line which intersects or passes through the rear edge of the recesses 22 in the upper hooked extension 6a for reasons to be explained.
  • the inner edge 32 of the lower hooked extension 617 confronts and is preferably parallel to a portion 40 of the rear edge 4 of the bracket below the lower hooked extension 6b and forms therewith a notch 34 which is substantially wider than the thickness of the front wall 8 of the upright 10.
  • the rear edge portion 4c of the bracket is in the same plane as the rear edge portion 4:: of the bracket above the lower hooked extension 617.
  • the bottom of the rear edge portion 40 of the bracket merges with a downwardly and forwardly inclining edge portion 4d which is in a plane which is parallel to the plane of the rear side 22a of the notch 22 in the upper hooked extension 6a and spaced therefrom a distance about equal to the thickness of the front wall 8 of the upright 10.
  • the hooked extensions 6a and 6b of the bracket are inserted through a pair of vertically spaced slots 8a and 8b in the upright 10 and then dropped into position where the defining walls of the notches 26 and 34 at the inner edges of the hooked extensions engage with the front wall 8 of the upright 10 below the upright slots 8a and 812. It can be seen from FIG. 2 that the inner edge of the upper hooked extension 6a engages the inner or rear face of the upright wall 10, and the rear edge portions 4b and 4c of the bracket engage the outer surface of the upright wall 8 stably to support the bracket in a horizontal position.
  • the hooked extensions 6a and 6b are dropped into a position where the outer surface of the upright wall 8 below the slots 8a and 8b are received in the notch 30 in the lower hooked extension 6b and the notch 22 in the upper hooked extension 6a, respectively.
  • the sides 30a and 30b of the notch 30 engage the opposite sides of the upright wall 8, the inner surface of the upright is engaged along lines on the end of 220 and the outer side 22a of the notch 22 of the upper hooked extension 6a and the outer surface of the upright will be engaged by the front side 22b of the notch 22.
  • the hooked extensions 6a and 6b are dropped into position in the upright slots 8a and 8b where the upright wall 8 is received within the notch 24 at the inner edge of the lower hooked extension 6b and the notch 22in the upper hooked extension 6a.
  • the inner surface of the upright wall 8 will be engaged by the rear side 22a of the notch 22 in the upper hooked extension 6a, and the outer surface of the upright is engaged by the end of the slot 34 of the hooked extension 6b and the rear bracket edge portion 4d.
  • an upright having a front wall having at least one pair of vertically spaced slots therein; and a bracket having only one pair of vertically spaced, downwardly hooked extensions projecting from the rear edge of the bracket and insertable into said pair of slots in the front upright wall and having inneredges spaced from and confronting the rear bracket edge to define therewith first and second vertically spaced notches for receiving the front wall of the upright below said upright slots, the
  • bracket extension having a notch opening onto the bottom thereof at a point between the inner and ouer edges thereof
  • the lower hooked extension having a notch opening onto the bottom thereof at a point between the inner and outer edges thereof and said bracket being engageable with said front upright wall' below said slots thereof in at least three different angular positions where the upright wall below said slots is engaged by the defining walls of three different pairs of said notches, each pair comprising one of the notches formed in or by the upper hooked extension and a notch formed in or by the lower hooked extension. of the bracket, in each one of said angular positions of the bracket said front upright wall being engaged on both of the opposite faces thereof by edge portions of the bracket.
  • a bracket supportable in an upright having at least a front wall with one pair of vertically spaced slots therein, said bracket having only one pair of vertically spaced downwardly hooked extensions projecting from the rear edge of the bracket and adapted to be insertable into said pair of slots in the front upright wall and having inner edges spaced from and confronting the rear bracket edge to define therewith first and second vertically spaced notches for receiving the front wall of the upright below said upright slots, the upper hooked bracket extension having a notch opening onto the bottom thereof at a point between the inner and outer edges thereof, the lower hooked extension having a notch opening onto the bottom thereof at a point between the inner and outer edges thereof, and said bracket being adopted to be engaged with said front upright wall below said slots thereof in at least three different angular positions where the upright wall below said slots is engaged by the defining walls of three different pairs of said notches, each pair comprising one of the notches formed in or by the upper hooked extensions and a notch formed in or by the lower hooked extension of the bracket, the notch in the upper hooked bracket extension between the

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US3626870A (en) * 1969-05-06 1971-12-14 Airway Products Corp Shelving construction
US3770135A (en) * 1969-05-06 1973-11-06 Airways Prod Corp Shelving construction
US4307671A (en) * 1980-05-05 1981-12-29 The Kent Corporation Merchandise shelving display
US4583648A (en) * 1981-08-20 1986-04-22 Stainless Metal Products, Inc. Angularly adjustable shelf and support
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US5199579A (en) * 1992-03-02 1993-04-06 Melrose Displays, Inc. Attaching device for variably positionable display shelf
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US3626870A (en) * 1969-05-06 1971-12-14 Airway Products Corp Shelving construction
US3770135A (en) * 1969-05-06 1973-11-06 Airways Prod Corp Shelving construction
US4307671A (en) * 1980-05-05 1981-12-29 The Kent Corporation Merchandise shelving display
US4583648A (en) * 1981-08-20 1986-04-22 Stainless Metal Products, Inc. Angularly adjustable shelf and support
WO1992002162A1 (en) * 1990-08-02 1992-02-20 Whizzkid Products, Inc. Board holder
US5199579A (en) * 1992-03-02 1993-04-06 Melrose Displays, Inc. Attaching device for variably positionable display shelf
RU2136200C1 (ru) * 1998-06-24 1999-09-10 Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "U.T.M." Стеллаж с регулируемым углом наклона полок
US20050057832A1 (en) * 2000-05-05 2005-03-17 Heinrich Lang Fillable and stiffened rearview mirror assembly
US20070221103A1 (en) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-27 Equipment Brokers, Inc. D.B.A Rj Trausch Industries, Inc. Shelving assembly

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