Patent ID: 7748674
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A blank constructed from a sheet of material and formable into a shelf bracket, the blank comprising: a flat ledge portion having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side; a first side member extending from the first side of the ledge portion and having a first support member connecting portion extending beyond the first end of the ledge portion; a second side member extending from the second side of the ledge portion and having a second support member connecting portion extending beyond the first end of the ledge portion; a first bend line positioned between the ledge portion and the first side member and a second bend line positioned between the ledge portion and the second side member, the first bend line and second bend line comprising one or more cutouts thereby forming weakened areas in the bend lines such that the first side member and second side member are manually bendable relative to the ledge portion; a first stiffener portion extending from the first side member and a second stiffener portion extending from the second side member; and a first stiffener bend line comprising a cutout and positioned between the first side member and the first stiffener portion and a second stiffener bend line comprising a cutout and positioned between the second side member and the second stiffener portion; and wherein the first stiffener bend line being at an acute angle with the first bend line and the second stiffener bend line being at an acute angle with the second bend line; and wherein each stiffener portion has a connecting means; and wherein the blank is formable into a shelf bracket by manually bending the first side member along the first bend line and manually bending the second side member along the second bend line such that each first and second side member is in perpendicular orientation to the ledge portion, and wherein when the blank is formed into the shelf bracket, the first support member connecting portion of the first side member and the second support member connecting portion of the second side member together form a cavity sized and adapted to receive and be attached to a support member having a planar surface and wherein when the shelf bracket is attached to the support member via the first and second support member connecting portions, the ledge portion extends from the planar surface of the support member substantially at a 90 degree angle and the first bend line and second bend line, each of which has the one or more cutouts therein, and each extends from the planar surface of the support member substantially at a 90 degree angle; and wherein the connecting means of each stiffener portion is connectable to the planar surface of the support member for enhancing the strength of the first side member and second side member of the shelf bracket.