Patent · US Expired

Shelf anchor

US4691887A · kind A · utility

47Cited by
3References
10Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1986
Grant dateSep 8, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 11, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B96/027
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

There is disclosed a cantilever shelf support having a bracket with a laterally oriented throat to receive the rear portion of a shelf, the throat having a lower support platform, an upper overhang, and an inner end, a resilient insert in the throat, the insert having depending fingers resiliently flexible by an inserted shelf, a depending compression pad deeper in said throat than the fingers for supporting the inserted shelf, and a resilient skirt depending in front of the throat inner end for protective abutment with the rear edge of the shelf.

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