Patent ID: 6464186
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A47B,F16B

Abstract:
A shelf support for locking an edge of a shelf in place adjacent a side wall, the shelf support comprising:a body member having a lower body portion and a middle body portion that meet at a first resilient junction, and an upper body portion that meets the middle body portion at a second resilient junction, wherein the lower body portion and the middle body portion together form a first obtuse angle on a front face of the body member, wherein the middle body portion and the upper body portion together form a second obtuse angle on a back face of the body member, and wherein the upper body portion includes an inner opening formed therein; a finger that connects to the upper body portion at a third resilient junction adjacent the top of the opening and extends downward toward the middle body portion, wherein the finger is dimensioned to be collapsibly received within the opening; a shelf flange extending from the front face of the lower body portion; a stem extending from the back face of the body member, and wherein the opening extends downwardly into the middle body portion, and wherein the finger extends downwardly beyond a lower edge of the upper body portion.