Shelf bracket assembly
OwnerJohn S. Shepardinventor
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Abstract
The assembly includes a shelf bracket for constructing shelving from spaced elongated shelf boards that have a standard thickness. An elongated leg of rectangular cross section includes a longitudinal groove formed into one of its major surfaces. A pair of U-shaped clips each are in the form of a pair of plates joined by a flat bight with the widths of the plates being spaced apart for snug engagement with a marginal edge portion of a shelf board. The bight seats tightly in the groove and preferably has a thickness substantially equal to the depth of the groove. The clips are individually secured in respective different spaced portions of the groove with the bight seated therein.
Claims12
An assembly including a shelf bracket for constructing shelving from spaced elongated shelf boards of standard thickness, comprising:
- an elongated leg of generally rectangular lateral cross section having space-opposed major surfaces joined by space-opposed minor surfaces;
- means defining a longitudinal groove in one of said major surfaces, said groove being of predetermined width and predetermined depth;
- a pair of U-shaped clips each having a pair of plates joined by a flat bight with said plates being parallel-spaced apart a distance substantially equal to said standard thickness for snug engagement with the marginal edge portion of a shelf board, with said bight having a width no greater than and substantially the same as said predetermined width to seat tightly in said groove, and with said bight having a thickness no greater than said predetermined depth;
- and means for securing said clips individually in respective different mutually spaced portions of said groove with said bight seated therein and said plates oriented transversely with respect to said leg.
An assembly composed of a pair of horizontally-oriented shelf boards of standard thickness and two spaced-apart pairs of shelf brackets engageably holding said boards in parallel-spaced mutual relationship, each of said shelf brackets comprising:
- an elongated leg of generally rectangular lateral cross section having space-opposed major surfaces joined by space-opposed minor surfaces;
- means defining a longitudinal groove in one of said major surfaces, said groove being of predetermined width and predetermined depth;
- a pair of U-shaped clips each having a pair of plates joined by a flat bight with said plates being parallel-spaced apart a distance substantially equal to said standard thickness for snug engagement with a marginal edge portion of a corresponding one of said boards, with said bight having a width no greater than and substantially the same as said predetermined width to seat tightly in said groove, and with said bight having a thickness no greater than said predetermined depth;
- and means for securing said clips individually in respective different mutually spaced portions of said groove with said bight seated therein and said plates oriented transversely with respect to said leg to hold a respective edge margin of a corresponding one of said boards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.