Portable shelf
OwnerRichard A. Briseinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable-length shelf which may be removably mounted in an enclosure, such as a locker cabinet. The shelf is adjustable between a semi-collapsed position to facilitate placement of the shelf within the enclosure and a deployed position for supporting a load at the desired vertical height. The shelf includes a first section having first gripping surface for frictionally engaging one of the enclosure sidewalls, a second section pivotably coupled to the first section, and a third section releasably coupled to the second section and having a second gripping surface for frictionally engaging the other of the enclosure sidewalls.
Claims10
A shelf removably mountable within an enclosure having generally opposed interior sidewalls, such as a locker cabinet, said shelf comprising:
- (a) a first section having first gripping means for releasably engaging one of said enclosure sidewalls;
- (b) a second section pivotably coupled to said first section;
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- (c) a third section coupled to said second section and having second gripping means for releasably engaging the other of said enclosure sidewalls,
- wherein said shelf is manually adjustable between a semi-collapsed position wherein said first and second sections extend in intersecting planes to facilitate placement of said shelf within said enclosure and a deployed position wherein said first and second gripping means engage respective enclosure sidewalls and wherein said first, second and third sections extend in a substantially common plane for supporting a load, said third section being pivotable relative to said second section within said common plane to accommodate enclosures having non-parallel sidewalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.