Patent ID: 6412739
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A shelf anti-sagging system comprising: a planar shelf; a support brace comprising:an elongate member having a pair of opposite ends, and front and back side faces extending between said ends of said elongate member said elongate member having a length between said opposite ends; said back side face of said elongate member having a pair of elongate channels therein extending between said ends of said elongate member, each of said elongate channels being adapted for receiving a side edge of said shelf inserted through an opening into said channel in said back side face; each of said channels having a pair of spaced apart side walls and an end wall connecting said pair of side walls together, a width of each of said channels being defined between said side walls of said channel; and wherein said width of one of said channels is greater than said width to the other channel to accommodate different shelf thicknesses; wherein said side walls of said channels each have a plurality of retaining teeth extending into the respective channel, said retaining teeth being positioned adjacent to said opening in said back side face of said elongate member, said retaining teeth of one side wall of each channel being positioned substantially opposite of said retaining teeth of the other side wall of the respective channel, each of said plurality of retaining teeth extending substantially continuously along said length of said elongate member; and wherein said elongate member is invertable such that during use only one of said channels engages said side edge of said shelf while the other channel is disposed below said shelf; wherein each channel has a pair of opposed stabilizing teeth extending therein, one stabilizing tooth of each channel being extended from one of said side walls of the channel and the other stabilizing tooth being extended from the other of said side walls of the channel, each of said pair of opposed stabilizing teeth extending substantially continuously along said length of said elongate member; and wherein said stabilizing teeth of each said channel are laterally spaced apart from said retaining teeth of said channel and positioned towards said end wall of said channel such that said stabilizing teeth and said retaining teeth form laterally spaced contact points for contacting said shelf inserted into said channel.