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US 4,856,746 AGranted
Interchangeable shelf support bracket
AssigneeLSI Corporation of America, Inc.
InventorsKeith A. Wrobel, Joel D. Mechelke
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Abstract
An interchangeable shelf support bracket (10) particularly for use with either one of two different thicknesses of shelves includes a side plate (12), mounting pins (14), edge flange (16), and pair of opposing retainer tabs (22, 24) each of which includes a lip (b 26, 28) adapted to receive the edge of one of the two shelves.
Claims14
An interchangeable shelf support bracket, which comprises:
- an upright plate having front and back sides and top and bottom ends;
- at least one mounting pin extending from the back side of said plate, said pin being adapted for receipt in a mating hole in a side wall;
- a flange extending from the front side of said plate adjacent the bottom end thereof;
- and
- retention means including opposing yieldable tabs located in said plate between said flange and the top end of said plate for releaseably engaging the edge of a shelf of either one of two predetermined thicknesses.
2 more elements
An interchangeable shelf support bracket, comprising:
- an upright plate having front and back sides and top and bottom ends;
- a pair of spaced-apart pins extending from the back side of said plate;
- a flange extending from the front side of said plate adjacent the bottom end thereof;
- at least one reinforcing gusset secured between said flange and the bottom end of said plate;
- opposing upper and lower yieldable tabs located in a H-shaped slot in said plate, said tabs including spaced-apart free ends;
- and
- a lip provided on the free end of each of said tabs for releaseably retaining the edge of a shelf of either one of two predetermined thicknesses.
4 more elements
An interchangeable shelf support bracket, comprising:
- an upright plate having front and back sides and top and bottom ends;
- at least one mounting pin extending from the back side of said plate;
- a flange extending from the front side of said plate adjacent the bottom end thereof;
- opposing upper and lower yieldable tabs located in a H-shaped slot in said plate, said tabs including spaced apart free ends;
- and
- a lip provided on the free end of each of said tabs for releaseably retaining the edge of a shelf of either one of two predetermined thicknesses.
3 more elements
An interchangeable shelf support bracket, which comprises:
- an upright plate having front and back sides and top and bottom ends;
- at least one mounting pin extending from the back side of said plate, said pin being adapted for receipt in a mating hole in a side wall;
- a flange extending from the front side of said plate adjacent the bottom end thereof;
- means located on said plate between said flange and the top end of said plate for releaseably receiving and retaining the edge of a shelf of either one of two predetermined thicknesses;
- said retention means including:
- opposing upper and lower yieldable tabs located in a slot in said plate, said tabs including spaced-apart free ends;
- and
- a lip provided on the free end of each of said tabs for releasably engaging the edge of one of the shelves thereunder.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.