Patent ID: 6205935
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A01M,A47B

Abstract:
A convenience shelf structure to be attached to a supporting body for carrying an item, the shelf structure comprising:a bolt member having a thread dimensioned for threading the bolt member at least part way into the supporting body by rotation of the bolt member around an elongated thread axis;a supporting shelf having a substantially planar surface extending in at least one direction perpendicular to the thread axis, defining a shelf width, and extending in a direction parallel to the thread axis, defining a shelf depth, whereby the supporting shelf can support said item over an area encompassing the shelf width and the shelf depth when the supporting shelf is oriented substantially horizontally;wherein one of the supporting shelf and the bolt member has a nonround external contour, and the other of the supporting shelf and the bolt member has a nonround receptacle that is complementary to said nonround external contour, and wherein the supporting shelf and the bolt member are coupleable by engaging the nonround receptacle with the external contour; and,wherein the bolt member comprises a mounting portion comprising a first length elongated along and substantially coextensive with the thread, a intermediate length attached at one end thereof to the elongated mounting portion, the intermediate length extending perpendicularly from the mounting portion, and a coupling portion comprising one of said nonround receptacle and said external contour.