Abstract An adjustable form is used and its prism-shaped space has four walls and a base that can be lined with ceramic tile and then the interior is filled with concrete. A reinforcing bar is embedded in the concrete. Before the concrete has set a jig is used having a blade that has a length slightly less than the distance between the ceramic tiles that are disposed adjacent to the two end walls of the form. A removable sleeve is placed over the blade and a reinforcing screen or screen lath encloses the sleeve. The jig has handles which permit an operator to force the jig blade sleeve and reinforcing screen into the concrete at preferably an acute angle so that the sleeve and reinforcing screen will be embedded in the concrete. After the concrete has partially set, the jig is removed from the sleeve and when the concrete has completely set, the completed ceramic tile shelf is freed from the form. A hanger can be secured to a wall or other vertical surface and the hanger will have a flat portion that extends upwardly and at an acute angle with the vertical surface. The operator takes the shelf and attaches it to the hanger by permitting the inclined portion of the hanger to enter the sleeve. The weight of the shelf will hold it in place and the inclination of the hanger flat portion will keep the shelf in contact with the supporting wall surface due to gravity.
A ceramic shelf comprising: a. an elongated body of concrete having a substantially vertical rear surface; b. a sleeve embedded in said body and having an elongated opening arranged at the rear surface of said body and being substantially coextensive with the length of said body, said sleeve being U-shaped in cross-section and extending upwardly and inwardly into said body from said opening, the two walls of the sleeve having lips that lie flush with the rear surface of said body; c. the elongated opening being adapted to receive an upwardly and outwardly inclined blade of a hanger that is attached to a wall, the blade entering the sleeve and being adapted to support said shelf, the weight of the body and the angle of the downwardly inclined blade portion of the hanger causing said shelf to move downwardly by gravity on the inclined blade until the rear surface of the shelf contacts the wall; and d. ceramic tile covering at least the top and front surfaces of said body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A ceramic shelf comprising: a. an elongated body of concrete having a substantially vertical rear surface; b. a sleeve embedded in said body and having an elongated opening arranged at the rear surface of said body and being substantially coextensive with the length of said body, said sleeve being U-shaped in cross-section and extending upwardly and inwardly into said body from said opening, the two walls of the sleeve having lips that lie flush with the rear surface of said body; c. the elongated opening being adapted to receive an upwardly and outwardly inclined blade of a hanger that is attached to a wall, the blade entering the sleeve and being adapted to support said shelf, the weight of the body and the angle of the downwardly inclined blade portion of the hanger causing said shelf to move downwardly by gravity on the inclined blade until the rear surface of the shelf contacts the wall; and d. ceramic tile covering at least the top and front surfaces of said body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
170 words
A ceramic shelf comprising: a. an elongated body of concrete having a substantially vertical rear surface; b. a sleeve embedded in said body and having an elongated opening arranged at the rear surface of said body and being substantially coextensive with the length of said body, said sleeve being U-shaped in cross-section and extending upwardly and inwardly into said body from said opening, the two walls of the sleeve having lips that lie flush with the rear surface of said body; c. the elongated opening being adapted to receive an upwardly and outwardly inclined blade of a hanger that is attached to a wall, the blade entering the sleeve and being adapted to support said shelf, the weight of the body and the angle of the downwardly inclined blade portion of the hanger causing said shelf to move downwardly by gravity on the inclined blade until the rear surface of the shelf contacts the wall; and d. ceramic tile covering at least the top and front surfaces of said body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
170 words
A ceramic shelf comprising: a. an elongated body of concrete having a substantially vertical rear surface; b. a sleeve embedded in said body and having an elongated opening arranged at the rear surface of said body and being substantially coextensive with the length of said body, said sleeve being U-shaped in cross-section and extending upwardly and inwardly into said body from said opening, the two walls of the sleeve having lips that lie flush with the rear surface of said body; c. the elongated opening being adapted to receive an upwardly and outwardly inclined blade of a hanger that is attached to a wall, the blade entering the sleeve and being adapted to support said shelf, the weight of the body and the angle of the downwardly inclined blade portion of the hanger causing said shelf to move downwardly by gravity on the inclined blade until the rear surface of the shelf contacts the wall; and d. ceramic tile covering at least the top and front surfaces of said body.