Locker shelf
AssigneeIndustrial Wire Products, Inc.
InventorJerry Harris
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Abstract
A shelf having two telescoping plates secured by a toothed crank is provided for locker users. The plates have a generally rectangular shape with perimeter edges reinforced by lips and pads to engage the locker walls. Friction between the pads and the walls holds the present invention at a desired elevation. This shelf has a toothed rack upon a first plate and a crank with teeth upon the second plate. The teeth upon the crank engage the rack and turning of the crank secures the second plate relative to the first plate longitudinally at a desired width for fitting against the inner walls of a locker.
Claims6
A device, adapted to be inserted within a locker against it walls, comprising:
- a first plate, generally rectangular in shape having two longitudinal edges, one lateral edge perpendicular to said longitudinal edges, and depending lips upon said longitudinal edges and said lateral edge;
- a second plate, generally rectangular in shape, slightly narrower and shallower than said first plate, having two longitudinal edges and two lateral edges perpendicular to said longitudinal edges, and depending lips on all edges and said second plate nesting within said first plate;
- a means for telescoping said second plate longitudinally from said first plate;
- and,
- a means to temporarily secure said second plate relative to said first plate;
- whereby, said device is inserted into a locker, said first plate is placed next to a wall and said second plate is placed next to an opposite wall, said telescoping means positions said device against the walls of a locker and said securing means prevents relative movement of said first plate and said second plate once adjusted and tightened, and thus said device biases against the locker walls and is capable of supporting a load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.