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US 7,452,039 B1Granted
Cabinet shelf with keyed slot
AssigneeMetal Fabricating Corporation
InventorsBernard J. Golias, Jr., Robert J. Golias, Gary W. James, Gary R. Kish, Bernard J. Golias, Sr.
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Abstract
A shelf for a cabinet includes a planar member and a ramp extending at an obtuse angle from the planar member. The ramp includes a key-shaped opening formed in the ramp for receiving a divider wall.
Claims14
A metal cabinet assembly comprising:
- first and second opposed side walls;
- at least one shelf interposed between said first and second side walls, said shelf comprising a first planar member including at least one elongated slot formed through the first planar member;
- said shelf further comprises a second member including a first substantially flat planar wall which extends at an obtuse angle from the first planar member, wherein the first planar wall has at least one key-shaped opening formed through the first planar wall and substantially aligned with the at least one elongated slot, said key-shaped opening having a circular portion at an end of said key-shaped opening;
- said second member includes a second planar wall extending at an acute angle from said first planar wall of said second member, wherein said second planar wall terminates in a rolled edge;
- wherein said shelf further comprises a third wall extending from the first planar member for fixedly securing the shelf to one of said first and second opposed side walls of said cabinet assembly, wherein the third wall terminates at an end spaced from the second member;
- and, a divider wall having a rolled edge, wherein said divider wall is selectively received in said elongated slot, and said rolled edge of said divider wall is selectively received in said key-shaped opening.
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A cabinet comprising:
- first and second opposing side walls;
- a plurality of shelves, wherein each shelf is mounted to at least one of the side walls, each shelf including a ramped front portion and a planar portion, wherein the ramped front portion includes a first substantially flat planar portion that extends at an obtuse angle from the planar portion and a second planar portion that depends at an acute angle downwardly from the first portion, wherein the ramped front portion also includes a substantially key-shaped opening having an elongated narrow slot terminating in a circular portion adjacent an intersection of the first portion and the second portion of the ramped front portion;
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- a divider having a rolled edge wherein the rolled edge of the divider is received in the circular portion of the opening.
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A cabinet assembly comprising:
- a shelf having a planar portion and an integral ramped portion extending at an obtuse angle from the planar portion, the ramped portion including a first flat planar wall having an opening formed therethrough having a narrow elongated slot and a circular wider portion extending from the narrow elongated slot adjacent an apex of the ramped portion, a second flat planar wall extending from said first flat planar wall at an acute angle at said apex of the ramped portion;
- and a divider wall having a reinforced rolled edge received in said circular portion of said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.