Abstract: A shelf coverting unit for a gondola display rack which is capable of converting from one form of shelving to another the gondola display racks of a number of different manufacturers or of a number of different designs. The racks have multiple uprights, each with a plurality of spaced slots on which shelves or shelf supporting brackets may be fastened to support the shelves at different heights. The unit includes a replacement shelf having in its rear panel a plurality of pairs of vertically spaced, horizontally elongated slotted openings. The shelf is supported on the uprights with separate brackets having forward and upwardly facing hooks which slideablyu engage the slotted openings to accommodate differences in upright spacing, and having rearwardly and downwardly facing hooks which engage the uprights. The brackets are oppositely offset and interchangeable to increase the range of upright spacings which they will accommodate.

Abstract: Assemblies of sheets of corrugated plastic board and molded plastic interlock elements providing useful products such as containers. Sheets of corrugated plastic board are interlocked with one another by means of molded plastic connector pieces or strips having receptor slots containing spaced lock ramps. The slots receive a uniform edge of a sheet of corrugated plastic which is provided with spaced slits aligned with the spaced lock ramps. Entry of the sheet edge into the connector slot causes the spaced lock ramps to compress the edge until the aligned slits pass thereover, and the "memory" of the corrugated plastic board causes the edge portion thereof, beyond the slit, to spring back to its original thickness and thereby lock the edge of the plastic board within the slot of the molded plastic connector.

Abstract: Shelf brackets are each in the form of a unitary body which has a vertical back wall. Defined in the body is a platform that projects outwardly away from the back wall a given distance and is inclined in the outward direction upwardly at an angle substantially between one-half and five degrees with respect to the back wall. Also defined in the body is a ledge that projects outwardly away from that back wall generally parallel to the platform. The ledge is spaced above the platform by an amount to accommodate receipt of a shelf board inserted between the platform and the ledge. Defined in the body is an opening for enabling securement of the body to a mounting surface. A further feature is an enlargement communicating outwardly from that opening that forms a channel which may accommodate receipt of an end of a hanger or the like. As shown, the ledge does not project as far outwardly as the platform.

Abstract: A gravity feed shelf includes a plurality of chutes mounted on a rectangular frame having front and rear cross supports interconnected at their ends with a pair of side supports, the corner junctions between adjacent ends of the rear cross support and the side supports being formed by a lost motion connection in which front and back tabs on a support panel integral with each side support slide in slots formed in downwardly projecting elements of the rear cross support to accommodate sidewise motion of the side supports relative to the rear cross support so that variations in the horizontal spacing between vertical support posts on which the shelf is mounted due to manufacturing or installation procedures may be accommodated since the interconnection between these support posts and the shelf is via the rear ends of the side supports.

Abstract: A hanger bracket for attaching a furniture component to an upright wall. The component has end panels each provided with a substantially identical bracket adapted for engagement with slots formed in an upright. The bracket is formed in one piece of a thin sheetlike metal plate which is oriented vertically closely adjacent the respective end panel. The bracket has a forward end fixed to the end panel, and a cantilevered spring part which projects rearwardly adjacent the end panel in sidewardly spaced relationship so that it can be sidewardly resiliently deflected. This spring part, at the rearward edge thereof, has L-shaped hooks projecting rearwardly for engagement with the respective slotted upright. The spring part also has a locking finger integrally associated therewith adjacent the free edge thereof, which locking finger has a rearwardly protruding hose which registers with and projects into one of the slots only when the hooks are seated on the upright.

Abstract: A system for mounting a component on a wall and the like includes inner and outer brackets adapted for attachment to the wall. Each bracket includes a leg positioned outwardly from the wall and an end. An upper and a lower bracket are provided for mounting a standard, and a pair of standards are provided for mounting the component. Each standard includes end plates with end flanges extending therefrom. The standard end flanges are adapted for placement between the bracket ends and the wall with the bracket ends captured between the standard faceplate and end flanges. The standards may be mounted on the wall in sets for juxtaposed mounting of standards and components. The lateral positioning of the standards on the brackets is adjustable for accommodating different components.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shelf support construction including an elongated, rigid, hollow, box channel adapted for attachment to a wall or other surface which is normally vertically positioned with an open slot to receive a shelf support bracket. The bracket has a rear portion engageable in the interior of the box channel and terminating in fingers alternately bent to the right and to the left of the bracket's plane, to grip the inner side walls of the channel. Projecting stops are formed on the fingers to bear against the flanges defining the slot to prevent dislodgement of the bracket from the channel. An adjusting sleeve is provided which slides on the bracket to compress the fingers into locked and unlocked positions relative to the channel when it is desired to change the position of the bracket on the channel or effect its removal by sliding same out of the channel from its open upper or lower end. The ends of the fingers can be serrated to engage the inner side walls of the channel.

Abstract: A kit (1) for assembling into a mount (20) for attachment to a spar (21) to support a radar antenna (26) including port and starboard side plates (2), a base plate (3), a plurality of compression tubes (4) and a plurality of threaded fasteners (5). The mount assembled from the kit has the base plate attached to the port and starboard side plates, the side plates attached to the spar, and the compression tubes fastened between the side plates by the threaded fasteners to thereby form a rigid structure capable of supporting a radar antenna.

Abstract: A bracket support structure adaptable to a wall of a the type that includes a frame formed of a plurality of elongated vertical studs for attaching at least one sheetlike panel. The bracket support comprises a single integral structure that includes a lateral channel for receiving a slotted bar support, an inwardly-projecting closed recess for accommodating the inner end of a wall bracket and a passageway formed between spaced-apart, exteriorly-directed blade members. Clips are attachable to the top and the bottom of support housing, such clips serving as both fire stop plates and as means for applying inwardly-directed pressure on the blades defining the passageway to enhance lateral stability of the bracket when mounted.

Abstract: An integral shelf support bracket and a shelf assembly. The support bracket comprises left and right wings, a hinge, and left and right brace members. The wings are connected together by the hinge and extend forward therefrom. The brace members are integrally connected to the wings and extend inward therefrom. The brace members include serrated sections to hold the brace members together, with the wings in pressure engagement with a pair of walls. The shelf assembly includes this support bracket, a bracket lock and an outside sleeve. The bracket lock permanently connects the brace members together, and the outside sleeve mounts on the support bracket and substantially encloses the spaced bounded thereby.

Abstract: A shelf bracket for constructing temporary or moveable shelving from spaced elongated shelf boards. Each bracket is formed by an elongated vertically extending leg having a U-shaped clip portion at each end of said leg for engaging a marginal edge of a shelf board. Each U-shaped clip portion includes a pair of spaced clip arms adapted for snug engagement with the shelf board. The outermost clip arm of each U-shaped clip portion is coextensive with and extends laterally from an end edge of said leg. The bracket is provided with apertures in the leg adjacent each U-shaped clip portion for receiving fasteners engageable with the marginal edges of the shelf boards.

Abstract: A multipurpose bracket includes two legs disposed substantially perpendicular to each other. The legs may be directly connected or may be joined by an intermediate connecting portion. Such connecting portion may be flat and inclined relative to the two legs or may be arcuate and disposed convexly towards the free ends of the legs. One leg has spaced keyhole apertures for demountably securing the bracket to a wall, fence, or door and a band-receiving slot located between such apertures and extending transversely of such leg. The other leg may also have spaced keyhole apertures. Such brackets can be used, for example, as supports for shelves, fishing poles, skis, or lumber; as hangers for ladders, hoses, clothes, or hanging baskets; or as shoe scrapers. The transverse slots receive bands or straps for securing or embracing articles supported by the brackets.

Abstract: An adjustable wall shelf arrangement including a pair of slotted vertical members, for supporting a shelf, and retaining members engageable with the shelf and the vertical members for preventing the former from coming out of a slot of the latter.

Abstract: A device for holding a can of tennis balls onto a tennis racket press, comprising a pair of reinforced brackets, one for each end of the press and adapted to be removably fastened thereto, each bracket including a curved spring clamp extending outwardly from one face of the press, the clamps being axially aligned and each being adapted to receive thereinto one end of said can.

Abstract: A support for a slab or tray intended to be secured to an upright, such as a metallic leg of a table including at least two trays. The support has the general shape of a triangle of which the top of the corner adjacent to the leg has a suitable profile adapted to mate closely with part of the half-periphery of the leg, while each of the sides adjacent to the profile bears a substantially right-angled flange. The fixing of the support to the leg is effected either by welding or by screwing through a small plate fixed to said support. The invention is particularly apt for the construction of tea trolleys, occasional tables and television stands.

Abstract: The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is directed to an article support device having a base to support a frame member extending therefrom. A first group of bracket assemblies are secured to the frame member in alignment to support shelves extending thereacross. A second group of similar bracket assemblies are secured to the frame member to provide rigid coupling between the frame member and the base. The bracket assemblies comprise two similar bracket elements L-shaped in their plan view and L-shaped in their cross-section. The two bracket elements are positioned relative to one another to form a U-shaped cross-section with the two bracket elements overlapping at a bight portion. Apertures are formed in each of the bracket elements to overlap at the bight portion. The apertures are oversized and, when the bracket elements are overlapped, the effective diameter of the apertures is reduced to receive a fastener of appropriate size.

Abstract: Paired opposed bracket supports having plural spaced grooves are carried by opposed vertical edges of cooperating spaced shelving stanchions to releasably receive opposed cooperating shelf brackets carried thereby and adjustably supporting a shelf between stanchions. With use of edge trim the shelving hardware is substantially concealed for aesthetic desirability.