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US 6,561,107 B1Granted
Foldable shelf assembly
AssigneeLockermate Corporation
InventorsGeorge W. Wood, Julie R. McAdam
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Abstract
A foldable wire shelf assembly having a shelf with crossed wires attached to a peripheral frame. U-shaped leg supports have upwardly directed legs cooperating with connectors secured to the shelf support the shelf. The connectors have upright spaced flanges for holding the legs normal to the plane of the shelf.
Claims15
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a shelf, U-shaped leg supports connected to the shelf to support the shelf in a generally horizontal position, said leg supports having upright inwardly biased legs, leg locking connectors secured to shelf, each of said connectors having a downwardly extended U-shaped member with outwardly extended upright laterally spaced elongated linear flanges and an upright elongated pocket between the flanges and a hole, each of said leg supports having a leg pivotally connected to each connector, said leg having an inwardly directed projection extended through said hole and a linear portion located between the flanges in the pocket, said leg being biased inwardly to retain the leg between the flanges in the pocket whereby the leg supports are retained in lock positions generally normal to said shelf, said projections being moveable outwardly relative to the holes to move the portions of the leg out of the pockets whereby the leg support can be pivoted to a folded position adjacent the shelf.
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a shelf having a rectangular frame and crossed grid rod members secured to the frame, said grid rod members having corner portions, U-shaped leg supports connected to the corner portions of the rod members of the shelf to support the shelf in a generally horizontal position, said leg supports having a generally horizontal base and upright inwardly biased legs joined to the base, said legs having inwardly directed projections at the upper ends thereof, leg locking connectors secured to the corner portions of the rod members, each of said connectors having a downwardly extended U-shaped member with outwardly extended upright laterally spaced elongated linear flanges and an elongated upright pocket between the elongated linear flanges and a hole vertically aligned with the pocket pivotally accommodating one of said projections, each of said legs having a linear portion located between said flanges in said pocket to retain each said leg support in a position generally normal to said shelf, said legs being biased inwardly to retain the linear portions of the legs between the flanges in the pockets, said legs being movable outwardly to move the linear portions of the legs out of the pockets whereby the leg support can be pivoted to a folded position adjacent the shelf.
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a shelf having a generally rectangular fame and a plurality of longitudinal and transverse linear wire members secured to said frame, said wire members being arranged in a Cartesian pattern and secure at intersecting locations, said frame having four corner portions, first and second U-shaped leg supports for holding the shelf in a generally horizontal position, each leg support including a generally horizontal base having opposite ends and upright legs secured to the opposite ends of the base, said legs having upper ends, inwardly directed projections joined to said upper ends of the legs, connectors located adjacent each corner portion of the frame, means securing the connectors to at least one of said wire members, each connector having a horizontal portion secured to said one of said wire members and a downwardly extended member having a U-shaped portion having laterally spaced outwardly extended upright elongated linear flanges and an upright elongated pocket between the flanges accommodating a linear portion of a leg, and a hole located in the downwardly directed member above the pocket, said inwardly directed projections extended into the holes to pivotally connect the leg supports on the connectors, said legs being biased inwardly to retain the linear portion of the legs in the pockets between the flanges and the projections in the holes thereby holding the U-shaped leg supports generally normal to the shelf, said legs when moved outwardly against the inward biasing thereof remove the linear portions of the legs from the pockets whereby the leg supports can be pivoted to a location adjacent the shelf.
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