US 4,361,099 AGranted

Shelf apparatus

AssigneeSchulte Corporation

InventorsElmer J. Kokenge, C. William Carlson, F. A. Backscheider, William M. Campbell

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Abstract

Apparatus for securing a steel rod shelf to a vertical wall including a back clip anchor for lockingly engaging the rear support rod of the shelf and being mountable to the wall by means of an expandable anchor, a support brace for lockingly engaging and supporting the front support rods of the shelf, an end bracket for supporting an end of the shelf including a pair of spaced expandable anchors mountable to the vertical wall, and an expandable anchor for mounting the support brace to the wall. The back clip anchors and expandable anchors are fabricated from nylon or other flexible plastic material. The shelf apparatus is specifically designed to insure rapid and reliable installation particularly on walls constructed of dry wall or the like.

Claims10

Dependent claims

Shelf apparatus comprising:

a shelf defining a generally planar horizontal surface composed of a plurality of parallel spaced transversely extending rod members connected by longitudinally extending spaced front and rear support rods positioned adjacent the front and rear edges, respectively, of said shelf and including a lower support rod extending parallel to and vertically spaced beneath said front support rod;
a back clip anchor mounting said rear support rod to an adjacent vertically extending wall, said back clip comprising hanger means for supporting said rear support rod, locking means connected to said hanger means for preventing displacement of said rear support rod therefrom, and an expandable anchor for securing said hanger means to the wall;
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means for supporting the front edge of said shelf comprising a support brace including a rigid brace member terminating at its lower end in an angularly disposed tab for mounting to the wall such that the brace member extends upwardly and forwardly between the wall and the forward edge of the shelf, the upper end of said support brace terminating in clip means for lockingly engaging said front and lower support bars comprising a downwardly directed arcuate portion configured to slip over said front support bar and a web portion depending downwardly from said arcuate portion at an angle of about 45.degree.-90.degree. with respect to said brace member, said web member terminating in a rearwardly directed hook-like tab configured to abut the upper rear surface of said lower support bar, said brace being bendable downwardly along said arcuate portion to lock said front support bar within said arcuate portion when the mounting tab is in abutting engagement with the vertical wall surface.

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A support brace for supporting from a vertical wall surface the front edge of a shelf defining a generally planar surface and having a pair of vertically spaced parallel rod members extending longitudinally across the front edge of the shelf, said support brace comprising:

a rigid channel-shaped brace member terminating at one end in a flat angularly disposed tab member for mounting to the vertical wall surface such that said brace extends upwardly and forwardly between the wall and the forward edge of the shelf, the opposite end of said brace member terminating in clip means for engaging the shelf rod members, said clip means comprising a downwardly directed arcuate portion configured to slip over the upper one of said rod members and a web portion depending downwardly from said arcuate portion at an angle of about 45.degree.-90.degree. with respect to said brace member, said web member terminating in a rearwardly directed hook-like tab configured to abut the upper rear surface of the lower shelf rod member, said brace being bendable downwardly along said arcuate portion to lock the upper shelf rod member within said arcuate portion when the mounting tab is in abutting engagement with the vertical wall surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.