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Assignee: S BIRKENWALD CO
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Filing: 1963-01-29
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Granted: 1965-08-10
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Expires: 1983-01-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Story Thomas

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 23:52
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B57/00; A47B57/04; A47B57/045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 251 words
A SHELF BRACKET ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A VERTICAL STANDARD HAVING SPACED HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS DEFINING APERTURES THEREBETWEEN, COMPRISING A PLATE-LIKE BODY PORTION ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A SHELF PLATE ON ITS UPPER EDGE, UPPER AND LOWER INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID BODY PORTION, MEANS DEFINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING FIRST NOTCH IN THE TOP EDGE OF SAID FIRST PROJECTION ADJACENT THE JUNCTURE OF THE LATTER WITH SAID BODY PORTION, MEANS DEFINING A REARWARDLY OPENING SECOND NOTCH INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND PROJECTIONS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST NOTCH AND THE TOP OF SECOND NOTCH BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS AND SAID NOTCHES BEING ARRANGED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORTING BARS FOR HOLDING THE BODY PORTION IN AN OUTWARD PROJECTING HORIZONTAL PLANE, THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF SAID FIRST PROJECTION IMMEDIATELY REARWARDLY OF THE FIRST NOTCH BEING GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS AND THE FIRST PROJECTION BEING NARROWED REARWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST NOTCH TO AN OUTER END DIMENSION LES THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS WHEREBY THE PROJECTIONS ARE ARRANGED TO BE DIRECTED INTO APERTURES BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS WHILE THE BODY PORTION IS DOWNWARDLY INCLINED, AND MEANS DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING THIRD NOTCH IN THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FIRST PROJECTION, SAID THIRD NOTCH BEING DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID FIRST NOTCH AND BEING ARRANGED TO ENGAGE A SUPPORTING BAR IN LIEU OF SAID FIRST NOTCH FOR HOLDING THE BODY PORTION IN A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PLANE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 251 words
A SHELF BRACKET ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A VERTICAL STANDARD HAVING SPACED HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS DEFINING APERTURES THEREBETWEEN, COMPRISING A PLATE-LIKE BODY PORTION ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A SHELF PLATE ON ITS UPPER EDGE, UPPER AND LOWER INTEGRAL PROJECTIONS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID BODY PORTION, MEANS DEFINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING FIRST NOTCH IN THE TOP EDGE OF SAID FIRST PROJECTION ADJACENT THE JUNCTURE OF THE LATTER WITH SAID BODY PORTION, MEANS DEFINING A REARWARDLY OPENING SECOND NOTCH INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND PROJECTIONS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST NOTCH AND THE TOP OF SECOND NOTCH BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS AND SAID NOTCHES BEING ARRANGED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORTING BARS FOR HOLDING THE BODY PORTION IN AN OUTWARD PROJECTING HORIZONTAL PLANE, THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF SAID FIRST PROJECTION IMMEDIATELY REARWARDLY OF THE FIRST NOTCH BEING GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS AND THE FIRST PROJECTION BEING NARROWED REARWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST NOTCH TO AN OUTER END DIMENSION LES THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS WHEREBY THE PROJECTIONS ARE ARRANGED TO BE DIRECTED INTO APERTURES BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING BARS WHILE THE BODY PORTION IS DOWNWARDLY INCLINED, AND MEANS DEFINING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING THIRD NOTCH IN THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FIRST PROJECTION, SAID THIRD NOTCH BEING DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID FIRST NOTCH AND BEING ARRANGED TO ENGAGE A SUPPORTING BAR IN LIEU OF SAID FIRST NOTCH FOR HOLDING THE BODY PORTION IN A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED PLANE.

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