Shelf support with centering feature
AssigneeTenn-Tex Plastics, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Duggins, Thomas R. Marsh
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Abstract
A shelf support includes: a generally planar main body with front and rear faces, the main body further having upper and lower openings with a cross-beam therebetween; a support flange extending generally perpendicularly from the front face; a mounting dowel extending generally perpendicularly from the rear face; a capturing finger mounted at an upper edge of the upper opening, the capturing finger extending forwardly and downwardly at a first oblique angle to the front face; and a centering finger extending forwardly and downwardly from the cross-beam at a second oblique angle to the front face.
Claims21
A shelf support, comprising:
- a generally planar main body with front and rear faces, the main body further having upper and lower openings with a cross-beam therebetween;
- a support flange extending generally perpendicularly from the front face;
- a mounting dowel extending generally perpendicularly from the rear face;
- a capturing finger mounted at an upper edge of the upper opening, the capturing finger extending forwardly and downwardly at a first oblique angle to the front face;
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- a centering finger extending forwardly and downwardly from the cross-beam at a second oblique angle to the front face.
A shelf support, comprising:
- a generally planar main body with front and rear faces, the main body further having upper and lower openings with a cross-beam therebetween;
- a support flange extending generally perpendicularly from the front face;
- a mounting dowel extending generally perpendicularly from the rear face;
- a capturing finger mounted at an upper edge of the upper opening, the capturing finger extending forwardly and downwardly at a first oblique angle to the front face, the first oblique angle being between about 10 and 20 degrees;
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- a centering finger extending forwardly and downwardly from the cross-beam at a second oblique angle to the front face, the second oblique angle being between about 10 and 20 degrees.
A cabinet-shelf assembly, comprising:
- a cabinet having two opposed side walls;
- a generally horizontal shelf extending between the two side walls;
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- a shelf support mounted to each of the side walls to support the shelf, at least one of the shelf supports comprising:
- a generally planar main body with front and rear faces, the main body further having upper and lower openings with a cross-beam therebetween;
- a support flange extending generally perpendicularly from the front face and supporting the shelf;
- a mounting dowel extending generally perpendicularly from the rear face and mounted in a hole in the side wall of the cabinet;
- a capturing finger mounted at an upper edge of the upper opening, the capturing finger extending forwardly and downwardly at a first oblique angle to the front face, a lower end of the capturing finger engaging an upper surface of the shelf;
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- a centering finger extending forwardly and downwardly from the cross-beam at a second oblique angle to the front face, the centering finger engaging a side edge of the shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.