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US 4,738,426 AGranted
Resilient sleeve glass shelf bracket
AssigneeKnape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
InventorWalter L. Bessinger
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Abstract
A support bracket assembly for a glass or marble shelf panel has a laterally oriented throat and a generally U-shaped resilient interface strip fitted over the rear edge of the shelf panel and received within the shelf bracket. The top of the interface strip is biased against the top of the throat to retain the shelf panel in the support bracket.
Claims16
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 forming a bottom, an upper overhang forming a top and an inner end;
- a resilient interface strip in said throat;
- said interface strip of generally U-shape and having a base portion and a pair of walls defining a cavity, said walls extending from said base and spaced apart approximately the thickness of a rear portion of a shelf inserted between said walls;
- said throat top and one of said strip walls having abutting surfaces defining interlock means for restraining movement between said surfaces;
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- biasing means operative between said throat bottom and the other of said strip walls for biasing said abutting surfaces together.
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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 the shelf;
- said throat having a lower support platform forming a bottom and an upper overhang forming a top;
- a generally U-shaped interface strip in said throat;
- said strip having a resilient upper wall adjacent said throat top and a lower wall adjacent said throat bottom;
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- biasing means between said strip lower wall and said throat bottom for biasing said strip upper wall against said throat top.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.