Article support

Details Article support Article support

1998-01-30

2000-04-04

King, Anita M.

Supports

Brackets

Shelf or scaffold type

312408, A47G 2902

Patent

active

060451017

ABSTRACT:
An article support such as a shelf or a table top has a frame that, in its heated state, slidably receives a glass or plastic planar sheet into grooves along two opposing edges of the frame, until an end of the sheet abuts a third edge of the frame that joins the two opposing edges. The edges of the frame have lips that rest on a portion of the top surface of the sheet. When cooled, the frame contracts such that the edges of the sheet are tightly engaged within the grooves of the frame and the lips tightly abut the top surface of the sheet, thereby creating an article support that resists spills around its periphery. The frame may be reheated to expand the material of the frame, permitting removal of the sheet from the frame. Thus, the frame and the sheet may be recycled.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3102499 (1963-09-01), Shelor
patent: 3633983 (1972-01-01), Whitcomb
patent: 4923260 (1990-05-01), Poulsen
patent: 4960308 (1990-10-01), Donaghy
patent: 5300748 (1994-04-01), Colombo
patent: 5441338 (1995-08-01), Kane et al.
patent: 5660777 (1997-08-01), Herrmann et al.

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