Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With structural installation
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-07
2001-11-06
Chen, Jose V. (Department: 3636)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With structural installation
C211S113000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06311626
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to shelving and more particularly pertains to a new hanging storage shelf system for hanging from a garage ceiling joist.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of shelving is known in the prior art. More specifically, shelving heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,377,114; U.S. Pat. No. 5,427,344; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 349,000; U.S. Pat. No. 4,188,890; U.S. Pat. No. 5,199,846; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,804,307.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new hanging storage shelf system. The inventive device includes a plurality of hanging rods for supporting a shelf from the ceiling. Each of the hanging rods has a first and a second end. Each of the first and second ends of the rods is threaded. The plurality of hanging rods comprises at least four hanging rods which are spaced such that a first, a second, a third and a fourth hanging rod define four corners of a rectangle. Each of the rods is releaseably screwed into ceiling joists. At least two bars connect pairs of hanging rods. The bars each have a first and second end having a bore therein. Each second end of the first and third rods is inserted in one of the bores of one of the bars, and each second end of the second and fourth bars is inserted in one of the bores of the other of the bars. A plurality of nuts holds the bars to the hanging rods. A shelf platform rests on the bars. The shelf platform has a pair of opposite edges, wherein one of the edges rests on one of the bars and the other of the edges rests on the other bar.
In these respects, the hanging storage shelf system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of hanging from a garage ceiling joist.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of shelving now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new hanging storage shelf system construction wherein the same can be utilized for hanging from a garage ceiling joist.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new hanging storage shelf system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the shelving mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new hanging storage shelf system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art shelving, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a plurality of hanging rods for supporting a shelf from the ceiling. Each of the hanging rods has a first and a second end. Each of the first and second ends of the rods is threaded. The plurality of hanging rods comprises at least four hanging rods which are spaced such that a first, a second, a third and a fourth hanging rod define four corners of a rectangle. Each of the rods is releaseably screwed into ceiling joists. At least two bars connect pairs of hanging rods. The bars each have a first and second end having a bore therein. Each second end of the first and third rods is inserted in one of the bores of one of the bars, and each second end of the second and fourth bars is inserted in one of the bores of the other of the bars. A plurality of nuts holds the bars to the hanging rods. A shelf platform rests on the bars. The shelf platform has a pair of opposite edges, wherein one of the edges rests on one of the bars and the other of the edges rests on the other bar.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Pat. and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new hanging storage shelf system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the shelving mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new hanging storage shelf system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art shelving, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new hanging storage shelf system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new hanging storage shelf system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging storage shelf system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such hanging storage shelf system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging storage shelf system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging storage shelf system for hanging from a garage ceiling joist.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging storage shelf system which includes a plurality of hanging rods for supporting a shelf from the ceiling. Each of the hanging rods has a first and a second end. Each of the first and second ends of the rods is threaded. The plurality of hanging rods comprises at least four hanging rods which are spaced such that a first, a second, a third and a fourth hanging rod define four corners of a rectangle. Each of the rods is releaseably screwed into ceiling joists. At least two bars connect pairs of hanging rods. The bars each have a
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