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US 12,279,696 B1Granted
Pole-mounted shelf
OwnerDouglas F. Willemaininventor
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Abstract
A pole-mountable shelf is provided, which is configured to permit the pole to extend through and beyond the shelf. A non-cylindrical bore permits the shelf to be moved into place in a non-horizontal orientation, so that a built-in brace can clear clamps and other hardware attached to the pole. The shelf can then be rotated into a horizontal orientation, where it rests upon a pin or upon a compression clamp, which may be a telescopic clamp associated with the pole system.
Claims20
A device mountable on a pole, comprising:
- a shelf defining an upper surface and a lower surface,
- a non-cylindrical bore extending through the shelf between said upper surface and said lower surface,
- a brace extending from said lower surface of said shelf and comprising a contact end a spaced distance from said lower surface of said shelf,
- said contact end of said brace being in contact with the pole when the shelf is disposed in an operable position, and
- wherein said bore comprises an upper hole disposed at said upper surface of said shelf and a lower hole disposed at said lower surface of said shelf, wherein said upper hole has a larger area than said lower hole.
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A device mountable on a pole, comprising:
- a shelf defining an upper surface and a lower surface,
- a non-cylindrical bore extending through the shelf between said upper surface and said lower surface,
- a brace extending from said lower surface of said shelf and terminating at a contact end a distance from said lower surface of said shelf,
- wherein said bore comprises an upper hole disposed at said upper surface of said shelf and a lower hole disposed at said lower surface of said shelf, wherein said upper hole has a larger area than said lower hole such that the shelf is mountable to the pole by sliding shelf onto the pole through said bore at an initially non-perpendicular orientation, which allows said brace to clear mounting hardware disposed on said shelf, and then to a perpendicular, operative orientation,
- said perpendicular, operative orientation defined as said shelf being perpendicularly disposed relative to said pole, and
- said contact end of said brace being in contact with the pole while said shelf is disposed in said perpendicular, operative orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.