Shelf mounting means
OwnerGlen R. Hamiltoninventor
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Abstract
Bushings anchored in cavities in the rear edge of a shelf to allow the shelf to be mounted horizontally flush against a wall with the bushings concealed, wherein screw heads projecting from the wall fit into seats in the bushings which resist straight-line horizontal displacement of the bushings from the screw heads but allow removal by lifting of the shelf so that the screw heads are released from the seats, and wherein a glue-filled annular groove or backwardly bent fins are formed on the exterior of the bushing to anchor the bushing in the cavity.
Claims1
Mounting means in combination with a shelf on a vertical wall for releasably securing said shelf horizontally to said vertical wall comprising
- a) said shelf having a vertical rear edge surface and horizontally extending upper and lower surfaces, said rear edge surface having formed with a cavity extending horizontally into said shelf through said rear edge surface, said cavity being spaced from said upper and lower surfaces
- b) a bushing having an outer configuration received fully and in a close fit within said cavity,
- c) means on the exterior of the bushing anchoring the bushing in the cavity,
- d) a screw having a head and shank portion adapted to project substantially horizontally from the wall, and
- e) a seat end on the bushing fitting over and behind an upper edge portion of the head projecting form the wall thereby resisting straight-line horizontal displacement of the bushing from the screw head and therefore of the shelf from the wall,
- f) the rear edge of the shelf adapted to be mounted flush against the wall with the bushing concealed and the shelf being removable by lifting the bushing from the screw head and horizontally displacing the shelf way from the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.