Support assembly for shelving
AssigneeInstitute for Industrial Research and Standards
InventorMichael O'Flanagan
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Abstract
A support assembly for shelving comprises a shelf supporting bracket having a rearwardly projecting tongue for interfitting in a complementary outwardly facing channelled groove in an upright. The bottom corner of the tongue is cut-away to form an upwardly extending slot for reception of a hollow cylindrical shaped body of resilient material which urges the lower portion of the tongue forwardly against the front face of the groove and prevents movement of the tongue along the upright. In another aspect of the invention an elongate member is inserted into the slot at one end to push the tongue forwardly against the front face of the groove and at its other end rests on another shelf supporting bracket to fix the upper bracket in position relative the upright.
Claims13
A support assembly for shelving comprising:
- an upright having an outwardly-facing channelled groove, the groove having spaced-apart front and rear retaining faces, a bracket for supporting a shelf, a tongue projecting rearwardly of the bracket, the tongue being dimensioned for confinment between the front and rear retaining faces of the groove, a reception means formed between the tongue and the upright by cutting away portion of the bottom corner of the tongue to provide an upwardly extending slot between the tongue and the rear retaining face of the groove, a wedging member mounted within the slot, between a rear face of the groove and a front face of the cut-away bottom of the tongue, to urge the lower portion of the tongue forwardly against the front face of the groove to distribute the horizontal component of a load force applied to the bracket over the interface area between the tongue and groove and to resist the vertical component of the load force.
A support assembly as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the tongue is bullhead in shape for interfitting in a complementary bullhead groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.