# US 7,611,111 B2 · Device realizing removable brackets, variously adjustable and positionable in the sense of height > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,611,111 B2 - Document ID: US7611111B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/797,288 - Filed: 2007-05-02 - Published: 2008-02-28 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2006-05-03 - Assignees: Baron Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Francesco Costa; Luca Fava; Luigi Maniago; Adriano Pessot; Roberto Santarossa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611111B2 ## CPC - A47B 57/00: Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions ({shelf units with stackable uprights A47B87/00}; details of cabinets, racks or shelf units in general A47B96/00; brackets adjustable in themselves A47B96/07) - A47B 57/30: with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports - A47B 96/06: Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves ({A47B96/022 takes precedence; } aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 {; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08}) - A47F 5/0081: {Show stands or display racks with movable parts (A47F5/0037, A47F5/02, A47F5/05, A47F5/12 take precedence; show cabinets with movable parts A47F3/06)} - F25D 25/02: by shelves - F25D 25/04: by conveyors (in general B65G) - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A device has removable, height-adjustable and positionable shelves. The device includes a pair of vertical struts inside of which suitable brackets of associated boards, can run. The vertical struts, have respective “racks” positioned in a back part of the struts, on which suitable toothed wheels are engaged that are located in a middle part of a rear end of each bracket. A lower end of each bracket a suitable toothed sliding back is located which, when the associated bracket is positioned in a normal horizontal position, i.e., at a right angle to the respective vertical strut, is engaged to a relative portion of the respective rack, but when the bracket is raised by being inclined upwardly at its front part, rotating around the associated toothed wheel, the sliding block is disengaged from the rack, thus being able to run freely vertically along the associated vertical strut. The device also has a related element for limiting the rotation and/or the support of the strut and suitable blocking elements capable of preventing any movement of the shelves. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for moving, adjusting and securing a shelf unit, comprising: the shelf unit; a pair of brackets for supporting the shelf unit; and a pair of vertical struts for supporting the brackets, wherein each of the vertical struts includes a rack having teeth located at a back part of the vertical strut, and wherein each of the brackets includes: a small stop for rotating of the bracket within the groove of vertical strut; a toothed wheel having teeth, the teeth of the toothed wheel being rotationally engagable with the teeth of the rack of a respective one of the vertical struts; and a sliding block having teeth, the teeth of the sliding block being engagable with the teeth of the rack of the respective one of the vertical struts, wherein when the bracket is fixed in a stationary position with respect to the respective one of the vertical struts, the teeth of the toothed wheel and the teeth of the sliding block are engaged with the teeth of the rack and the small stop is in contact with a front part of the respective one of the vertical struts, and when the bracket is adjusted with respect to the respective one of the vertical struts, the teeth of the toothed wheel are engaged with the teeth of the rack and the teeth of the sliding block are disengaged from the teeth of the rack. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the brackets further includes: a screw hole positioned therein that is adjacent to the front end of the respective one of the vertical struts when the bracket is fixed in the stationary position; and a screw adjustably insertable in the screw hole, wherein when the screw is extended though the screw hole while the bracket is fixed in the stationary position, the bracket is prevented from being adjusted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device according claim 2, wherein, for each bracket, the toothed wheel is located between the small stop and the sliding block and the sliding block is located between the toothed wheel and the screw hole in a direction of movement of the bracket along the respective one of the vertical struts during adjustment of the bracket. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein, for each bracket, the toothed wheel is located between the small stop and the sliding block in a direction of movement of the bracket along the respective one of the vertical struts during adjustment of the bracket. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the brackets further includes means for preventing the adjustment of the bracket with respect to the respective vertical strut.