US 5,402,975 AGranted

Standard and bracket support system with coupling device

AssigneePhoenix Display Corporation

InventorsLloyd Sullivan, Kenneth S. Roberts

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Abstract

A standard and bracket support system is provided. The standard portion includes an elongated standard having opposed front and back walls. One or more brackets are coupled to the standard. An engagement member for engaging a shelf or other supportive item is coupled to the bracket. The shelf-engagement member includes a slot which receives a portion of a bracket. The shelf-engagement member is coupled to a shelf or other supported item. In one embodiment, engagement is by screwing, nailing or adhering a flat portion of the shelf-engagement member to the portion of the shelf, preferably a rear edge or bottom surface of a shelf. In another embodiment, the shelf-engagement member is an elongated member with a channel for receiving an edge of a shelf or other supported item.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A method for supporting a shelf in a desired location comprising:

positioning an elongated standard with a hollow interior region in a desired location, said standard having a front wall portion with at least a first slot and a backwall portion;
providing a bracket having an arm portion and a heel portion, said heel portion having a cutout region;
providing a locking device with a first region having a cross-sectional shape configured to fit within said cutout of said bracket;
inserting said portion of said locking device into said cutout to couple said locking device to said bracket wherein a portion of said locking device extends rearwardly to said standard from said heel of said bracket;
and
positioning said bracket and said coupled locking device in a fixed position partially within said standard, with at least a part of said arm portion extending outward from said standard to maintain said bracket at a fixed position with respect to said standard,
wherein said fixed position can be any of an infinite number of positions along at least a portion of said standard, and
wherein, in said fixed position, said locking device contacts said backwall and said front wall portions of said standard.

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