Patent ID: 8960457
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A47B,A47F

Abstract:
1. A shelf assembly for a hanging shelf suspended from adjacent attic rafters or wall studs comprising: a shelf defining a load area bounded by shelf edges, including a first edge and an opposite second edge; at least one rod that extends under said shelf along said first edge and provides rod ends projecting outward on opposing sides of the shelf at said first shelf edge, each said rod end comprising a generally ring-shaped end that is configured to receive a fastener and is thereby operative as a mounting point for rotatably mounting said shelf at said first shelf edge, such that said first edge of the shelf is supported by horizontally mounting the rod ends to said adjacent ones of said attic rafters or wall studs on said opposing sides of said shelf via said mounting points and fasteners, and wherein an end-to-end length between the generally ring shaped rod ends is configured to position the mounting points at a nominal on-center spacing of said adjacent ones of said attic rafters or wall studs and an underside of said shelf includes a channel running along said first edge in which said at least one rod is received within to rotatably mount the at least one rod to the underside of said shelf; and flexible members having free lengths extending from said opposing sides of the shelf at said second shelf edge, and configured for suspending the shelf at said second edge based on attaching said flexible members to a preexisting structure above a desired mounting location of said shelf; wherein said nominal on-center spacing is one of sixteen inches, eighteen inches, and twenty-four inches, and wherein the shelf has a width between said opposing sides of the shelf that is less than said spacing between the mounting points provided by the generally ring-shaped rod ends and is dimensioned to fit between adjacent ones of said attic rafters or wall studs at said nominal on-center spacing.