Shelf mounting system including mounting brackets having mounting ears for mounting vertical track members to a wall
AssigneeJohn Sterling Corporation
InventorsRichard G. Kluge, John R. Sterling
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Abstract
A shelf mounting system employing vertically oriented, elongated metal track members formed with parallel rows of laterally spaced slots for the attachment of cantilever and angle brace shelf support brackets thereto. The track members are detachably joined to hook mounting brackets for hanging the track members from a horizontal wooden sill member located along the upper end of a vertical wall. Alternatively face mounted brackets secured to the vertical wall are detachably secured to the track members. The face mounted brackets also are employed for hanging the track members from a floor or ceiling joist to support overhead mounted shelves.
Claims5
A shelf mounting system for mounting shelves on a generally vertical wall, said system comprising:
- a pair of parallel, horizontally spaced apart vertical track members, each of said track members being generally U-shaped in cross section and having a front wall and two side walls, said two side walls of each said track member extending from a front face of said front wall and define a channel with a rear face of said front wall, said front wall of each said track member having a row of vertically spaced slots extending therethrough,
- a pair of mounting brackets adapted to be mounted on the wall, each said mounting bracket comprising a mounting arm and a mounting ear extending upwardly from said mounting arm, each said mounting bracket adapted to be inserted in the channel of a respective one of said track members with said ear extending from said rear face of said respective one of said track members through a respective one of said slots to support said respective one of said track members with respect to the wall such that said respective one of said track members substantially abuts the wall;
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- a pair of cantilever shelf support brackets each including a shelf support arm and at least one mounting ear extending downwardly from the shelf support arm, each said shelf support bracket adapted to be mounted on a respective one of said track members such that said mounting ear of said shelf support bracket extends from said front face of said respective one of said track members into another one of said slots thereof.
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