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US 2025/0017374 A1Published application
Shelf Assembly
OwnerSteve Brightinventor
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Abstract
A shelf assembly includes a left hand bracket and a right hand bracket, each with an upper shelf support and a lower shelf support. An upper shelf fits onto the upper shelf support and a lower shelf fits onto the lower shelf support.
Claims13
-7. (canceled)
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a left hand bracket and a right hand bracket, wherein each of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket comprises:
- an upper shelf support extending toward the other of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket;
- and
- a lower shelf support extending toward the other of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket;
- an upper shelf having an upper shelf tab configured to rest on the upper shelf support;
- and
- a lower shelf having a lower shelf tab configured to rest on the lower shelf support,
- wherein each of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket comprises a first upper prong and a first lower prong extending outwardly therefrom, the first upper prong configured to engage the upper shelf tab and the first lower prong configured to engage the lower shelf tab, and
- wherein each of the upper shelf tab an the lower shelf tab comprises a fixed arcuate portion configured to engage the first upper prong and the first lower prong, respectively.
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(canceled)
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a left hand bracket and a right hand bracket, wherein each of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket comprises:
- an upper shelf support extending toward the other of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket;
- and
- a lower shelf support extending toward the other of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket;
- a upper shelf having an upper shelf tab configured to rest on the upper shelf support;
- and
- a lower shelf having a lower shelf tab configured to rest on the lower shelf support, wherein the upper shelf comprises an external beveled lip and the lower shelf comprises an internal beveled lip such that, when the upper shelf is placed on the lower shelf, the external beveled lip engages the internal beveled lip such that the upper shelf and the lower shelf are rigidly coupled to each other.
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18-20. (canceled)
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a left hand bracket and a right hand bracket, wherein each of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket comprises:
- an upper shelf support extending toward the other of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket;
- and
- a lower shelf support extending toward the other of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket;
- an upper shelf having an upper shelf tab configured to rest on the upper shelf support;
- and
- a lower shelf having a lower shelf tab configured to rest on the lower shelf support,
- wherein each of the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket comprises a first upper prong and a first lower prong extending outwardly therefrom, the first upper prong configured to engage the upper shelf tab and the first lower prong configured to engage the lower shelf tab,
- wherein each of the upper shelf tab and the lower shelf tab comprises a fixed arcuate portion configured to engage the first upper prong and the first lower prong, respectively, such that, to install each of the upper shelf and the lower shelf between the left hand bracket and the right hand bracket, the arcuate portion is slid under the first upper prong and the shelf is then pivoted to a horizontal position so that the shelf rests on the respective shelf support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.