Flexible glass shelf bracket
AssigneeKnape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
InventorWalter L. Bessinger
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Abstract
A support bracket for a glass or marble shelf panel has a laterally oriented receiving throat defined by an upper support member and a lower support member, both extending horizontally from a vertical wall mounting plate. One of the support members is flexibly joined to the mounting plate by a reduced thickness portion and the other support member is rigidly joined to the mounting plate. Adjusting means rotate the movable support member so that the shelf panel is grasped between the two support members.
Claims14
A cantilever shelf support bracket having a laterally oriented throat for receiving a rear portion of a shelf comprising:
- a lower support member forming a throat bottom;
- an upper support member forming a throat top;
- a vertical bracket mounting plate forming a throat inner end;
- lower connecting means for joining said lower support member to said mounting plate;
- upper connecting means for joining said upper support member to said mounting plate;
- said lower connecting means being a hinge member rotatable about a horizontal transverse axis, said upper connecting means being rigid;
- said hinge member being a reduced thickness portion of said one of said lower and upper connecting means;
- a lower support platform rigidly attached to said mounting plate;
- said lower support platform extending from said mounting plate behind said lower support member and terminating in an outer support means for supporting an inserted shelf;
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- adjusting means between said lower support platform and said lower support member for rotatably adjusting said lower support member about said lower connecting means.
A cantilever shelf support bracket having a laterally oriented throat for receiving a rear portion of a shelf comprising:
- a lower support member forming a throat bottom;
- an upper support member forming a throat top;
- a vertical bracket mounting plate forming a throat inner end;
- lower connecting means for joining said lower support member to said mounting plate;
- upper connecting means for joining said upper support member to said mounting plate;
- one of said lower and upper connecting means being a hinge member rotatable about a horizontal transverse axis, the other of said lower and upper connecting means being rigid;
- adjusting menas for rotatably adjusting said one connecting means;
- said upper connecting means being said hinge member;
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- said adjusting means comprising an adjustment screw means extending between said lower support member and said upper support member for biasing said members toward each other.
A cantilever shelf support for a shelf having a rear portion comprising:
- a bracket having a laterally oriented throat to receive the rear portion of a shelf;
- said throat having a lower support platform defining a bottom, an upper support member defining an upper support surface and a panel forming an inner end;
- a lower support member extending horizontally from said panel in said throat and defining a lower support surface;
- flexible connecting means for flexibly connecting said lower support member to said panel;
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- adjusting means between said lower support member and said lower support platform for selectively adjusting the distance between said upper and said lower support surfaces.
A cantilever shelf support for a shelf having a rear portion comprising:
- a bracket having a laterally oriented throat to receive the rear portion of a shelf;
- said throat having a lower support platform defining a bottom, an upper support member defining an upper support surface and a panel forming an inner end;
- rigid connecting means for connecting said lower support platform to said panel;
- flexible connecting means for connecting said upper support member to said panel;
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- adjusting means between said upper support member and said lower support platform for adjusting the distance therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.