Upright and bracket arrangement

Abstract

Abstract A combination channel post and bracket including abutting means for removably securing the bracket to the post, and enabling the vertical level of the bracket to be incrementally varied along the post. The abutting means may include an upper rod for contacting the inside of the post and a lower rod for contacting the outside of the post, and a cam for also contacting the outside of the post. The rotation of the cam provides a fine adjustment of the slant of the bracket, and simultaneously locks the bracket at the new adjusted position. For purposes of exacting adjustability, the lower rod and cam may have several removable positions on the bracket for precisely varying the incline of the bracket. A spacer may be positioned between the post and the cam, to enable the cam to provide fine adjustment of the slant of the bracket and to lock the bracket in place, for the several different positions of the lower rod on the bracket, including a reverse slant position. The channelled post may comprise a pair of spaced apart front flanges to define a gap having a width dimension less than the length of the upper rod, the lower rod or the cam, so that the rods and cam bridge the gap to abutt both flanges, when the bracket is operatively mounted onto the post. The upper rod includes an operative-position when bridging the gap and contacting the inside of the post, and a nonoperative-position to enable the upper rod to pass through the gap and into the inside (or outside) of the post. One or more of the combinations of post and bracket may be used to support a shelf. A shelf grip may be removably secured anywhere along the length of the post, for clamping the shelf between the grip and the bracket. Also, a book or shelf end may be removably secured anywhere along the post, as an end guard, top, center or bottom of shelf removable and adjustable.

Inventors

• 👤 Irving Wardell Shell

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