Patent ID: 7392911
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: A47B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting bracket and storage shelf combination comprising: a pair of shelf mounting brackets supported on and extending forward from a surface, each mounting bracket having a bracket body with a front shelf support and a rear shelf support each facing upward on the bracket body, each bracket also having a locking clip carried near the rear shelf support, the locking clip being horizontally slidable between a locked position such that a portion of the locking clip is positioned vertically over and spaced from at least a part of the rear shelf support, and an unlocked position providing vertical clearance to the rear shelf support; a first wire shelf having a first front elongate wire, a first rear elongate wire, and a plurality of spaced apart first transverse wires each connected to and extending between the first front and first rear elongate wires, the first front elongate wire resting on the front shelf support and the first rear elongate wire resting on the rear shelf support, the portion of the locking clip extending at least vertically over the first rear elongate wire when in the locked position; and a second wire shelf nested with and overlapping a portion of the first wire shelf, the second wire shelf also having a second elongate rear wire resting on the rear shelf support adjacent and parallel to the first rear elongate wire, the portion of the locking clip also extending over the second rear elongate wire when in the locked position.