Defect hiding quick installation shelving system
OwnerDanny J. Clineinventor
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Abstract
A shelving system adapted to be quickly installed in a closet or similar space with a relative minimum of labor and finishing. The system includes a shelf, side brackets which are anchored to the side walls of the closet space, end caps adapted to lock into the side brackets and to securely retain the shelf in position, a U-shaped rear channel to cover the back of the shelf and to conform to irregularities in the rear wall surface, and a center shelf support having a rotating locking mechanism. In one embodiment, the shelving system includes a hangar bar, which is held in position by the side brackets and the center shelf support.
Claims10
A shelving system, comprising, in combination:
- a shelf;
- a substantially U-shaped rear channel for holding a rear of said shelf and giving the appearance that said shelf is flushly mounted against a wall where said shelving system is to be mounted, said U-shaped rear channel having a bottom surface which will be coupled to a wall where said shelving system is to be mounted with a pair of arms of said U-shaped rear channel protruding forward, said U-shaped rear channel having a plurality of projections coupled to an interior section of said pair of arms of said U-shaped rear channel for holding said rear edge of said shelf securely within said U-shaped rear channel;
- a first shelf bracket having a plurality of wall attachment channels coupled to a first end edge of said shelf;
- a second shelf bracket having a plurality of wall attachment channels coupled to a second end edge of said shelf;
- and
- a center support member having a rotatable locking engagement member coupled below said shelf proximate a middle front underside portion of said shelf, said center support member comprising a substantially J-shaped receiving member wherein an end tip section of said J-shaped receiving member is used to support and elevate a hanger bar so that a hanger may slide uninterrupted across said hanger bar.
A method for providing a shelving system comprising the steps of:
- providing a shelf;
- providing a substantially U-shaped rear channel frictionally coupled to a rear edge of said shelf;
- providing a first shelf bracket having a plurality of wall attachment channels coupled to a first end edge of said shelf;
- providing a second shelf bracket having a plurality of wall attachment channels coupled to a second end edge of said shelf;
- and
- providing a center support member having a rotatable locking engagement member coupled below said shelf proximate a middle front underside portion of said shelf wherein said step of providing said center support member further comprises the step of providing a substantially J-shaped receiving member adapted to receive a hanger bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.