Patent ID: 6024333
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A bracket for use with a wire shelf having at least one of an inner rod, an outer rod and a middle rod, said bracket extending generally normally to the rods upon installation and comprising:an elongate body having an inner end for mounting to a wall mount bracket, an outer end opposite said inner end, and an upper edge;said upper edge being provided with at least one groove for accommodating a corresponding one of the inner, outer and middle rods of the shelf, said at least one groove having an inner curved wall closer to said inner end, an outer curved wall closer to said outer end, and a floor connecting said inner and outer curved walls, said outer curved wall being vertically displaced from said inner curved wall so that said floor is inclined from said inner curved wall to said outer curved wall and relative to said upper edge of said body such that due to the inclination of said floor, upon insertion of the shelf rods into said at least one groove, at least one of the rods will naturally settle to an engagement with a corresponding said outer curved wall;said inner curved wall of said at least one groove is configured such that, upon the exertion of an inwardly directed lateral force on the shelf, the corresponding inner and outer rods are displaceable from their position against said outer curved wall, and are forced up said floor to be pushed against, and retained by, said corresponding inner curved wall of said corresponding inner and outer at least one groove.