U.S. patent number 3,631,821 [Application Number 04/857,031] was granted by the patent office on 1972-01-04 for shelving assemblies.
Invention is credited to Basil Zachariou.
United States Patent |
3,631,821 |
Zachariou |
January 4, 1972 |
SHELVING ASSEMBLIES
Abstract
The invention is concerned with shelving assemblies including
supporting brackets which brackets are in the form of
channel-sectioned clips shaped to engage upright columns and to
hold the rear edge of a shelf member, the brackets being readily
adjusted and interchangeable and being also of short length.
Inventors: |
Zachariou; Basil (Houghton,
Johannesburg, ZA) |
Family
ID: |
25325017 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/857,031 |
Filed: |
September 11, 1969 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
108/152; 211/187;
248/243 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47F
5/12 (20130101); A47B 96/063 (20130101); A47B
57/42 (20130101); A47B 2220/0038 (20130101); A47B
96/027 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A47F
5/12 (20060101); A47B 57/42 (20060101); A47B
57/00 (20060101); A47F 5/10 (20060101); A47B
96/06 (20060101); A47g 029/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;248/243,235,241,244,245,247,248 ;108/106,107,109,110,152,108
;211/148,148A,177 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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975,305 |
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Nov 1964 |
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GB |
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118,993 |
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Jun 1947 |
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SW |
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845,502 |
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Aug 1960 |
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GB |
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Primary Examiner: Foss; J. Franklin
Claims
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. A shelving assembly comprising uprights and shelf supporting
brackets, said brackets having located formations on the rear face
thereof adapted to releasably and adjustably engage the uprights
and having a forwardly projecting horizontal channel section with
the free ends of the channel flanges bent inwardly toward each
other with the upper flange shorter than the lower, said lower
flange having an upwardly projecting free end, a shelf member
shaped to engage the bent portions of the channel flanges to hold
the shelf at a desired disposition forwardly of the supporting
bracket, said shelf member being provided with a formation adapted
to engage at least said free end of said lower flange.
2. A shelving assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which separate
supporting brackets are provided for each upright.
3. A shelving assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the support
brackets are formed from metal extrusions.
4. A shelving assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the support
brackets are formed from metal pressings.
5. A shelving assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the locating
formations are hook members having stops in spaced relation thereto
with the hook members and stops positioned to engage in appropriate
openings formed in the uprights.
6. A shelving assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the shelf
carries a stay pivotally secured at one end to the shelf with the
other end shaped to engage in an opening in the upright.
7. A shelving assembly comprising uprights having a plurality of
spaced-apart openings and shelf support brackets adapted to engage
said opening, each said bracket having at least one hooked
projection on the rear face thereof adapted to engage an upright in
at least one of said openings, said bracket being substantially "U"
shaped in top view to present two forwardly projecting sections,
each said section being substantially "C" shaped with the upper
flange of the "C" shorter than the lower flange so that a shelf
member may be supported between said flanges.
8. The assembly of claim 7 in which the bracket has two downwardly
facing hooked projections on the rear face.
9. The assembly of claim 8 in which the projections are side by
side.
10. The assembly of claim 8 in which the projections are located
one above the other.
11. The assembly of claim 9 including two additional projections,
one located directly under and in spaced relation from each of the
side-by-side projections.
12. The assembly of claim 11 in which the said two additional
projections are of hooked configuration and face downwardly.
13. A bracket for a shelf assembly having uprights with regularly
spaced openings therein, said bracket being substantially "U"
shaped in top view having at least two rearwardly facing downwardly
hooked members and a pair of forwardly facing substantially "C"
shaped projections with the upper flange of each "C" being shorter
than the lower flange.
Description
This invention relates to shelving assemblies and more particularly
to such assemblies which may be conveniently used as shop fittings
and the like.
Many types of shelving have been devised comprising uprights at the
front and back of the shelves or alternatively utilizing brackets
forming braces extending from the forward part of the shelves to
the supporting uprights.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a simple but
strong shelving assembly which may be inexpensively manufactured
and readily installed.
According to this invention there is provided a shelving assembly
comprising uprights and shelf-supporting brackets, said brackets
having locating formations on the rear face thereof adapted to
releasably and adjustably engage the uprights and having a
forwardly projecting horizontal channel section with the free ends
of the channel flanges bent inwardly and with the upper flange
shorter than the lower and a shelf member shaped to engage the bent
portions of the channel flanges to hold the shelf member at the
desired disposition forwardly of the supporting bracket.
Further features of this invention provide for separate supporting
brackets for each upright, for these brackets to be formed as metal
pressings or from metal extrusions of desired cross sections and
for the locating formations to be hook members having stops in
spaced relation thereto, the hooks and stops positioned to engage
in appropriate openings formed in the uprights.
A preferred form of the shelving assembly of this invention is
illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a section of shelving projecting
from two uprights;
FIG. 2 is a view of the back of the supporting bracket;
FIG. 3 shows the metal pressing which may be formed into a
supporting bracket of the same general configuration as that of
FIG. 1, but with the stops also made as hook members; and
FIG. 4 shows adjacent shelf members engaging a common supporting
bracket.
As shown the basic assembly comprises a shelf 1 and a pair of
support members. The support members each consist of an upright 2
and support bracket 3. These latter can most conveniently be cut
from and extruded metal section. The section is shaped at the upper
part as a channel 4 with outwardly projecting flanges and the free
ends 5 of which are bent generally towards each other. The upper
flange 6 is made approximately one half the length of the lower
flange 7.
FIG. 1 shows that the lower rear part 8 of the channel 4 is
extended downwardly and carries a pair of rearwardly projecting
stops 9. The rear face of the upper part of the channel 4 carries a
pair of downwardly extending hook members 10.
The hook members 10 and associated stops 9 enable the supporting
brackets to be releasably engaged in the slot formations 11 in the
uprights 2. The slot formations shown are those which are now in
wide general use with different types of shelving assemblies and
thus support members of this invention can readily be formed in
combination with existing erected uprights of this type.
It will be appreciated that this arrangement will enable the
supporting brackets to be slipped into slots 11 appropriately
positioned in the upright members 2 which have been secured to a
wall or like supporting surface or form part of a self supporting
framework. Such an arrangement allows for a ready adjustment of the
spacing between the shelves.
The shelf 7 is made with downturned edges 12 and these edges 12 are
suitably slotted at 13 so that the shelf 1 can be made to engage
the inwardly bent portion of the channel flanges 7 in a manner so
that the shelf will be securely held against the ends of flanges 6
to project from the support bracket 3. It will be appreciated that
the support brackets 3 need not be very wide to give adequate
support. Also with appropriately shaped slots 11 in the uprights 2
the hook members 10 and associated stops may be made to extend
across the complete width of the bracket 3.
The shelf 1 will preferably also be made to carry stays 14
pivotally secured thereto which may be either tucked under the
shelf and retained there in any convenient manner, or, when the
load on the shelf is severe, may be swung outwardly so that the
free end 15 can engage in a lower slot formation 11. The stay thus
braces the outer portion of the shelf.
It will be appreciated that the term `shelf` as used in this
specification is meant to include shelves of different materials
and also frames carrying different supporting members such as glass
panels or baskets either of a rigid or flexible nature.
While it has been stated that metal extrusions are preferred for
the support brackets this is not essential and the support brackets
3 can be made in any other convenient manner. For example metal
sections suitably attached to appropriately bent plates can be
used, as shown in FIG. 3. Two ends 16 are made as mirror images of
each other separated by a flat section 17. In this case the stops 9
are shown as additional pairs of hook members.
The ends 16 may be bent at right angles to the flat section 17 to
provide the hook members 10 and stops 9 on one side while the
shelf-engaging sections project in the opposite direction. These
parts 16 may be spaced apart by a pair of rigid connectors (not
shown) which will be secured between the points indicated at 18 and
19 respectively.
FIG. 4 shows the adjacent edges of a pair of shelves carried in a
single supporting bracket 3 with stops parallel to each other
engaging the uprights. In use the shelving assembly has proved to
be versatile, inexpensive to manufacture, easily installed and
adjustable as may be necessary. No left- and right-hand-supporting
brackets are necessary with the assembly according to this
invention.
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