Supports for detachable shelving

Claim 1

A support for opposite ends of a detachable shelf comprising a pair of vertically spaced horizontal rods extending from each opposite end of the front portion of said shelf for retaining said shelf by opposite ends thereof on opposite parallel facing walls, a shelf support base plate having planar front and rear sides and a pair of spaced integral projections extending a predetermined distance normal from the lower portion of said rear side of said plate and a hole through the upper portion of said plate for receiving a mounting screw for holding said plate against said wall, a vertical U-shaped socket integral with the front side of said plate having an open upper end for receiving said horizontal rods, a first integral arcuate projection extending a predetermined spaced mating relation from each inner side of said socket and normal to said plate, a second integral arcuate projection extending in predetermined spaced mating relation from each opposite inner sides of said socket and a predetermined distance from said first-mentioned projections, a third integral arcuate projection extending from each outer side of said socket normal to said plate and a predetermined distance from the upper ends of said socket, an inverted U-shaped lock means in clamping position over the upper end portions of said socket engaged at each opposite side thereof with a mating said third projection for retaining the end portions of said shelf rods with the lower one thereof positioned in said socket below said first projections and the upper said rod resting on said second projections with said lock means straddling said third projections for holding said rods from upward movement.