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US 9,770,103 B2Granted
Shelf movable between an extended shelf position and a shelf storage position
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsCharles W Cochran, Chris F Felcman
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Abstract
A shelving apparatus includes a shelf and a kickstand member. The shelf includes a first set of shelf connectors and a second set of shelf connectors. The shelf is movable between a plurality of shelf positions including an extended shelf position and a shelf storage position.
Claims15
A shelving apparatus, comprising:
- a shelf movable between a plurality of shelf positions including an extended shelf position and a shelf storage position;
- the shelf including a shelf surface, a first set of shelf connectors, and a second set of shelf connectors;
- the first set of shelf connectors removably couples to a perforated member in the extended shelf position;
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- the second set of shelf connectors removably couples to the perforated member in the shelf storage position;
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- a kickstand member movable between a plurality of kickstand positions including an extended kickstand position and a kickstand storage position, the kickstand member having a first end and a second end;
- the first end to couple to the shelf;
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- the second end having at least one kickstand connector to removably couple to the perforated member.
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A shelf adjustment method comprising:
- disconnecting at least one kickstand connector of a second end of a kickstand member in an extended kickstand position from a perforated member;
- disconnecting a first set of shelf connectors of a shelf in an extended shelf position attached to the perforated member therefrom;
- rotating a kickstand member about a first end thereof coupled to the shelf from an extended kickstand position to a kickstand storage position;
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- placing a second set of shelf connectors of the shelf into perforated openings of the perforated member to connect to the perforated member to place the shelf in a shelf storage position.
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A shelf adjustment method comprising:
- disconnecting a second set of shelf connectors of a shelf in a shelf storage position attached to a perforated member therefrom;
- placing a first set of shelf connectors of the shelf into perforated openings of the perforated member to connect to the perforated member;
- rotating a kickstand member about a first end thereof coupled to the shelf from a kickstand storage position to an extended kickstand position to place the shelf in an extended shelf position;
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- placing at least one kickstand connector of a second end of the kickstand member into a respective perforated hole of the perforated member to connect to the perforated member to support the shelf in the extended shelf position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.