Supports – Brackets – Shelf or scaffold type
Patent
1985-10-02
1988-06-28
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports
Brackets
Shelf or scaffold type
248 73, 211 90, 108152, 108134, 411 45, 411 55, 411 60, E04G 308
Patent
active
047534052
ABSTRACT:
A support brace assembly for shelves such as shoe shelves has an integrated unitary structure comprising a truss with a lower leg having a support rib and a foot which rests stably against a wall. This leg is joined as by a gusset and a strut to an upper leg which has reinforcing ribs, with a front hook integral with the truss and for receiving a shelf rod so that the rod may be received within the hook bite with the bite gripping the rod. A rear resilient hook is integral with the upper leg and has a bite to receive another shelf rod flush against the bite. The upper leg has a foot which rests against the wall. The rear hook is spaced from the foot so that the passage between the tip of the rear hook and the foot is less than the thickness of the shelf rod received by the hook so that when the rod is moved through the passage, the rear hook expands to allow entry of the rod and snaps back to hold the rod in position. The foot of the upper leg has a wall anchor integral therewith. The anchor has fingers laterally expandable when a drive pin is driven through the anchor. The fingers have transverse wall portions engageable by the drive pin to swing the fingers to substantially 90.degree. angles to the axis of the drive pin and anchor. A web is in the path of the pin as it approaches the fingers. A stop is hinged to the upper foot by an integral short plastic strap and is pivotable to block the open side of the rear hook to further prevent removal of the inserted rod from that hook and to hide the head of the drive pin.
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Britts Ramon S.
Johnson Blair M.
Lee-Rowan Company
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