US 6,422,523 B1 · Adjustable bracket and upright assembly

Abstract

A new faceout and upright bracket attachment assembly is constructed of two upright tubes or bars joined by an apertured web. The faceout is constructed so that the bracket is formed with two opposing flanges that are shaped to fit around one upright bar and that project from an end panel at the end of the faceout mounting bar, with one flange being situated slightly higher than the other and being vertically spaced from the lower flange by at least a distance of the width of a vertical upright bar. Each flange also has a notch in its bottom edge to allow the flanges to be positioned securely relative to the web apertures. The faceout bar bracket is locked onto the upright by positioning one of the upright bars between the flanges of the bracket across the face of the faceout end panel and then rotating the faceout bracket 90° about the upright bar such that the flanges mate with web apertures in opposing directions. Another faceout bracket can concurrently be attached to the other side of the upright at the same level by using the other upright tube and the same web apertures.

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Dependent claims

An adjustable bracket assembly, comprising:

a vertical support member having at least one elongated member;
a web extending outward from and along the height of said at least one elongated member, said web having at least one aperture formed therethrough;
a horizontal support member having a proximal end, said proximal end having two opposing flanges for mounting said horizontal support member onto said vertical support member, said two opposing flanges being spaced both laterally and vertically from each other;
whereby said horizontal support member is adjustably mounted relative to said vertical support member by placement of said proximal end of said horizontal support member relative to said vertical support member such that one said flange is situated on either side of said elongated member whereby said elongated member extends laterally between said flanges on said proximal end, and by rotation of said horizontal support member relative to said vertical support member, such that said flanges on said proximal end of said horizontal support member are rotated relative to said elongated member and such that each of said flanges on said proximal end enters a respective aperture in said web.

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In combination with a horizontal support member having a proximal end and a vertical support member having at least two elongated members and a web extending between and joining said two elongated members along at least a part of the height of said elongated members, said web having at least two apertures formed therethrough, an adjustable bracket assembly comprising:

two opposing flanges disposed on said proximal end of said horizontal support member, each flange having an attachment portion and a free portion,
the attachment portions of said two opposing flanges being spaced laterally from each other by at least the width of one of said two elongated members, and the free portions of said two opposing flanges being spaced vertically from each other by at least the width of one of said elongated members;
whereby said horizontal support member is adjustably mounted relative to said vertical support member by placement of said proximal end of said horizontal support member relative to said vertical support member such that one said flange is situated on either side of said one of said two elongated members whereby said one of said two elongated members extends laterally between said flanges on said proximal end, and by rotation of said horizontal support member relative to said vertical support member, such that said flanges on said proximal end of said horizontal support member are rotated relative to said one of said two elongated members and such that each of said flanges on said proximal end enters a respective one of said two apertures formed through said web.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable bracket and upright assembly

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Adjustable bracket and upright assembly

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Abstract

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