A - Human Necessities – 47 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
47
B
A47B 96/14 (2006.01) A47B 63/00 (2006.01) A47B 96/02 (2006.01) F16B 12/26 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2288464
A shelf support for locking a shelf edge portion in place when a shelf is positioned between opposing wall members in a cabinet or the like comprises a body member having a lower body portion, a middle body portion, and an upper body portion. The lower body portion has a front face and a back face. A shelf flange is connected to the lower body portion front face, and a stem is connected to the lower body portion back face. The middle body portion is connected to the lower body portion at a first resilient junction, with the middle body portion extending at an obtuse angle away from the lower body portion. The upper body portion is connected to the middle body portion at a second resilient junction, with the upper body portion having an inner opening formed therein, with the inner opening extending downward towards the middle body portion. The upper body portion also has a top edge portion formed thereon, with a substantially flat finger connected to the top edge portion at a third resilient junction, the finger extending downward toward the middle body portion. The finger is in a position projecting away from the upper body portion. The finger has a lower shelf retaining edge and the finger is dimensioned to be collapsibly received within the inner opening. The middle body portion and the upper body portion together form an obtuse angle at the second resilient junction and tend to flatten and increase that angle as a shelf edge portion is moved over the upper body portion towards the flange. In contrast, the finger and the upper body portion together forming an acute angle at the third resilient junction and tend to flatten and decrease that angle as a shelf edge portion is moved over the upper body portion towards the flange. As a result, when a shelf edge portion is moved over the upper body portion and contacts the flange, the finger returns to the aforesaid position projecting away from said upper body portion, the retaining edge engages the shelf end portion, and the shelf is locked in place between the retaining edge and the flange.
Marsh Thomas R.
Sim & Mcburney
Tenn-Tex Plastics Inc.
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