Shelf support
OwnerJames Anthony Del Pozzoinventor
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Abstract
A unitary shelf support and retainer is disclosed and includes means for mounting the unit on a cabinet wall, a surface for supporting the cabinet shelf, and an upright portion extending along the wall of the cabinet and including a smoothly curved deformable web of resilient material. As the shelf is installed, that web is deformed to a degree permitting the shelf to slip past the web to be supported by the shelf support surface. After the shelf has passed the deformable web, it returns to its original shape, owing to its resilient nature, in position to retain the shelf in place.
Claims12
A shelf support device for supporting a shelf on a cabinet wall, the device comprising:
- a support portion having a surface for receiving a shelf edge portion;
- an upright portion including a first surface for engagement with a cabinet wall, a second surface opposite said first surface, and a shelf retainer comprising a generally smoothly curved deformable web of resilient material that projects from said second surface at a location spaced apart from said support portion;
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- means for mounting the device on a cabinet wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.