Mausoleum shelving system
AssigneeColumbarium By Design, LLC
InventorGerardo G. Garcia
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Abstract
A mausoleum shelving system is disclosed. The mausoleum shelving system comprises components that can be configured in a variety of different ways, to suit the different dimensions of different spaces, while also providing sturdy, long-lasting shelving suitable for mausoleums. The shelving system components can include vertical tubes, shelf-length horizontal tubes, shelf-end horizontal tubes, and one more transverse plank supports adapted to extend between the shelf-length horizontal tubes. A shelf plank can be supported atop the transverse plank supports. The tubes can be secured together using brackets and fasteners, wherein the brackets include different bracket types, e.g., a three-arm corner bracket type, a four-arm edge bracket type, and a five-arm middle bracket type.
Claims16
A mausoleum shelving system, comprising:
- shelving system components adapted to assemble stackable shelves, wherein the shelving system components for each stackable shelf comprise:
- four vertical tubes;
- four shelf-length horizontal tubes;
- four shelf-end horizontal tubes;
- a shelf plank;
- one more transverse plank supports adapted to extend between the shelf-length horizontal tubes;
- and
- eight brackets, wherein each bracket of the eight brackets is adapted to slidably engage with at least an end of a vertical tube, an end of a shelf-length horizontal tube, and an end of a shelf-end horizontal tube;
- wherein each stackable shelf, upon assembly of the shelving system components, comprises a rectangular box frame comprising the four vertical tubes at vertical edges thereof, the eight brackets at corners thereof, the four shelf-length horizontal tubes at lengthwise horizontal edges thereof, the four shelf-end horizontal tubes at endwise horizontal edges thereof, the one more transverse plank supports extending between at least two of the shelf-length horizontal tubes, and the shelf plank supported atop the one more transverse plank supports;
- wherein the four vertical tubes, the four shelf-length horizontal tubes, the four shelf-end horizontal tubes, and the eight brackets are adapted to be shared by adjacent stackable shelves;
- and
- wherein the eight brackets comprise brackets selected from a group of bracket types, the group of bracket types including at least a three-arm corner bracket type, a four-arm edge bracket type, and a five-arm middle bracket type.
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