US 2006/0231703 A1 · Bracket

Abstract

A bracket has three rigid sides, at least two of the sides having equal length. Each of the three sides has ends lying in a plane defined by a longitudinal axis between the ends and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The sides are rigidly connected so that an equilateral or isosceles triangle is formed in a cross-sectional plane taken through the longitudinal axes of the three sides. The transverse axes of the three sides each independently form an angle of from about 50° to about 60° with the cross-sectional plane and meet at a common point not on the cross-sectional plane. One or more of the three sides have mounting points located on the longitudinal axis. Such a bracket can support a variety of different support structures (e.g. shelves, hanger bars and storage bins) on a surface, or reinforce a corner of a variety of different structures (e.g. boxes or walls).

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Dependent claims

A bracket comprising three rigid sides, at least two of the sides having equal length, each of the three sides having interior and exterior surfaces, each of the three sides having first and second ends, the first and second ends lying in a plane defined by a longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the sides being rigidly connected so that an equilateral or isosceles triangle is formed in a cross-sectional plane taken through the longitudinal axes of the three sides, the transverse axes of the three sides each independently forming an angle of from about 50° to about 60° with the cross-sectional plane, the transverse axes of the three sides meeting at a common point not on the cross-sectional plane, one or more of the three sides having first and second mounting points, the first mounting point located on the longitudinal axis at a first distance from the first end, and the second mounting point located on the longitudinal axis at a second distance from the second end.

A bracket comprising:

(a) a first axis, a second axis and a third axis meeting orthogonally at an origin, the first and second axes interiorly defining a first plane, the first and third axes interiorly defining a second plane and the second and third axes interiorly defining a third plane;
(b) a first rigid bracket surface defined on the first plane in contact with the first and second axes, a second rigid bracket surface defined on the second plane In contact with the first and third axes, a third rigid bracket surface defined on the third plane in contact with the second and third axes, the first bracket surface rigidly connected to the second bracket surface along the first axis, the first bracket surface rigidly connected to the third bracket surface along the second axis, the second bracket surface rigidly connected to the third bracket surface along the third axis;
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(c) first and second spaced-apart mounting points on the first bracket surface, the first mounting point perpendicularly offset from the first axis by a first distance, the first mounting point offset from the origin by a second distance, the second mounting point perpendicularly offset from the second axis by a distance equal to the first distance, the second mounting point offset from the origin by a distance equal to the second distance.

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