Patent ID: 9591932
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47F,F16M

Claim:
1. A bracket of the type used with a standard comprising: a support body having an elongated portion extending along a longitudinal axis and a rear edge portion being substantially vertical; a connector end comprising at least one hook projecting in a rearward direction from the support body and adapted to pass through a hole in the standard to hook the bracket to the standard, the at least one hook comprising a tooth downwardly projecting from a hook portion that extends in the rearward direction from the support body, the tooth defining with the hook portion and the rear edge portion of the support body a receptacle, a portion of the receptacle being delimited by a forwardly oriented contact edge of the tooth, the receptacle adapted to receive a wall portion of the standard between the rear edge portion of the support body and the forwardly oriented contact edge of the tooth, and against the hook portion, the forwardly oriented contact edge of the tooth having at least a substantially vertical segment portion, a rear edge segment of the at least one hook in the tooth being straight and in a diagonal relation with a top horizontal edge of the at least one hook; and a finger projecting generally upwardly from the at least one hook and having a forwardly oriented contact edge, the forwardly oriented contact edge of the finger being in the rearward direction from the forwardly oriented contact edge of the corresponding tooth along the longitudinal axis, the forwardly oriented contact edge of the finger having at least a substantially straight segment portion that is in a diagonal relation with the top horizontal edge of the at least one hook, the rear edge segment of the at least one hook and the substantially straight segment portion being parallel to one another.