Abstract: An integrated modular store fixture system has at least two spaced apart parallel vertical members at the rear of the system with side surfaces facing each other and having a series of aligned holes therein. A display assembly or a pull-out tray assembly is engageable with holes into members for holding merchandise to be displayed at the front of the system. The assemblies include two side support elements, each extending from the rear to the front of the system when in the mounted position with one end at the rear having members projecting transverse to the support elements and each projecting member inserted into one hole in one vertical member. The side support elements are releasably retained in the mounted position by a horizontal elongated stretcher member having downwardly depending pins and which are slidably received in tubular members on each support element. A tray or J-hook is mounted on the support elements for holding merchandise to be displayed.

Abstract: An office desk suited in particular for peripheral computer equipment consists of two side parts formed by columns provided with feet, a longitudinal beam detachably connected with the columns by connection elements establishing a form-locking connection, and of carrying arms for at least one table top mounted on the longitudinal beam. These components can be varied in many different ways and combined in the most different manners so that office desks optimally adapted in each case to the respective application can be realized with the same basic elements.

Abstract: A sheet metal folding shelf construction particularly suited for desk top use which may be transported in partially assembled folded condition to be subsequently erected by a user with a minimum of manipulation. A back panel is hingedly interconnected at each end to a pair of side panels, the side panels defining slots in which shelf members are engaged, the engagement of the shelf members serving to inhibit axial movement of the hinged components on the back and side elements.

Abstract: A one-piece, resilient fastener clip especially useful for securing furniture shelving, and particularly metal shelving, to side supports via headed studs extending from the supports. The clip is preferably formed from spring steel and includes a pair of resiliently interconnected flanges for securing the clip to a downwardly extending end flange on the shelf. The flanges preferably include slots for slidably receiving a stud, inclined ramp means to draw the shelf toward the support, and a tab for holding the clip on the shelf. The clip allows the shelf to rest on the stud and includes releasable locking means in the form of a third flange resiliently interconnected with one of the other flanges and having a locking aperture therein which is receivable over the stud head. The clip pulls the shelf toward its support with a maximum force when the locking aperture is received over the stud head.

Abstract: According to the invention, a universal-type slider is provided for adjustable engagement with spaced, slotted uprights associated with a food service cart. Each slider is preferably formed from a single blank of relatively thin gauge bendable material. The blank is preformed with a substantially rectangular body having a mounting tab and gusset plate extending lengthwise beyond each opposite end of the body. The blank is folded in stepwise fashion to define two shelves. The gussets and tabs are respectively folded to reinforce the shelves and provide mounting elements for the sliders.

Abstract: A tilted shelf assembly is disclosed in which a shelf is in the form of a member of sheet material having bends including a 90 degree bend defining a junction between rearward and forward wall portions. The rearward wall portion is inserted between fingers of two brackets which have shaft portions engaged in openings in the side walls of a display fixture. A 180 degree bend is provided at the upper edge of the forward wall portion of the shelf, lockingly engaged between fingers of a forward pair of brackets.

Abstract: The invention relates to joint elements to support and secure shelves in bookcases or stands, and to a set of shelves employing said joint elements to secure the shelves in the uprights, comprising a first insertion part (1) designed to be inserted into a recess (10) directly obliquely downwards in the surface of the uprights (7, 8) and a bent section (2) connected to the insertion part (1), said bent section comprising a supporting portion (3) at the joining point between shelf and upright, directed substantially at right angles to the surface of the uprights and intended to support the shelf (6), and also a second insertion part (4), directed upwardly substantially at right angles to the supporting portion (3) and intended to be inserted in a recess (9) arranged substantially perpendicularly in the lower surface of the shelf.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a hand truck which comprises a base frame defined by side members and front and rear end members and into which may be compactly stored various components mountable to the base frame such as a handle, four uprights, a pair of bed plates and support elements for the bed plates; the base frame is equipped in one case, with supporting mounts for inclining two uprights relative to the base frame and, in another case, of an opening at each corner for mounting the four uprights to which are attached the support elements cooperating with the bed plates to form platforms which may be formed at various heights relative to the base frame.

Abstract: A rack assembly having rotationally mounted support members is disclosed herein. Each of the three embodiments of those members allows the next lower support member to be rotated into a vertical attitude to permit the insertion into the rack of an item which is greater in height than the spacing between adjacent support members.Various means are included in each support member design for interacting with the tip of the flange of the next lower support member to selectively maintain it in vertical attitude. The interacting means discussed include an outwardly projecting medial portion on the underside of the flange, a shoulder in the normally vertical portion of the support means which interconnects the flange with the means for affixing the support member to the rack, and, where it is desirable to be able to support a string of support members in the vertical attitude, the medial portion discussed above is included with a tail piece which extends outward from the support member in opposition to the flange.

Abstract: A shelving system of the type consisting of loose shelves or drawers designed to be inserted into a frame having at least four vertical uprights, each upright having adjacent side walls defining a generally V-shaped vertical portion with a vertical vertex line and a series of vertically spaced hook-shaped cutouts therein for supporting the shelves or drawers.

Abstract: Multi-shelf console furniture constructed having a pair of side frame support standards each being formed from a pair of laterally spaced wire frame members interconnected by a multiplicity of equally spaced U-shaped rungs, and shelving members of various configurations each having a rectangular frame with a rung connecting hook at each corner. The U-shaped rungs have the cross-piece of the "U" facing into the interior of the frame members and the hooks are positionable within the space defined by the U-shaped members and have a portion which rests on a leg of the member. Vertical stacking of the standard, and thus vertically built-up units, may be provided utilizing a ring coupling having a pair of spaced rectangular frames which grasp respective rungs of the upper and lower standards. Braces having rung gripping hooks may be utilized to increase the rigidity of the furniture units.

Abstract: A remote control bench mounted chain saw apparatus for cutting firewood, includes a chain saw device having handle, trigger, body and bar chain. Also included is a bench having a first support member with an interdigital slot, a second support member having a cooperating interdigital slot for mating with the first support member to form a cross, and a top member hingedly mounted on one of the support members on a side parallel to its slot, the top member being further adapted to detachably engage the other support member on a side parallel to its slot when the cross is formed to position the top member in a horizontal position. The top member includes means for restraining the handle and body of the chain saw and positioning the saw to permit access to the top of said bar and chain. Finally, remote control means are attached to the trigger of the saw and have an activator positioned remote from the saw and the top member for activation of the saw triggered by pressure applied to the activator.

Abstract: A shelf mounting bracket includes a flat rectangular plate having top and bottom edges, and opposite side edges. Integral flanges extend from the side edges perpendicular to the plate and upwardly opening shelf support hooks are formed at the bottom end portions of the flanges. A pair of elongated slots is provided in the plate intermediate the top and bottom edges thereof. The slots are spaced-apart from one another and are elongated in a direction extending across the plate side edges. The slots are alignable with holes in a vertical column of a storage rack having a column front face against which the plate is positioned with the flanges extending along side faces of the column. Holes in the column are aligned with the slots and a U-shaped bolt has its threaded legs extending through the column holes and plate slots. Nuts received on the threaded legs hold the plate against the column.

Abstract: A shelf mounting bracket includes a flat rectangular plate having top and bottom edges and opposite side edges. Vertically-spaced mounting hooks are bent from the plate. Flanges are bent from the opposite side edges of the plate in the same direction as the mounting hooks, and the bottom end portions of the flanges are formed with shelf support hooks facing in an opposite direction from the bracket mounting hooks. The mounting hooks are adapted to be received in vertically-spaced holes in columns of a storage rack.

Abstract: A collapsible shipping rack with removable shelves being sized and configured for having one rack on top of another similar rack when the rack is in either the upright and collapsed position respectively. The rack includes a base, a plurality of substantially identical, normally upright legs connected to the base and each leg including a bottom section with positioning means, a middle section having at least one hinge means, and a top section having positioning means for compatible mating engagement with the bottom section positioning means. Additionally, a plurality of substantially parallel guide means are provided which span the legs for supporting the shelves.

Abstract: A composite wood and metal knockdown cabinet assembly is characterized by component parts which can be assembled by the user merely with the aid of a screwdriver. The component parts of the assembly comprise a pair of prefabricated sheet metal side frames each composed of a rear and front vertical metal member which are each end-lap fastened at or near each end to horizontal metal U channel members, horizontal wood braces across the front of the cabinet end-lap fastened to the front vertical members of the side frames, one or more drawers and/or wood shelves supported by all the vertical members of the side frames and optionally wood door hinges attached conjointly to a front metal vertical member and to a horizontal front wood or metal brace. The pair of sheet metal side frames can be used to assemble cabinets of any desired width and/or number of shelves or drawers, or combinations of drawers and shelves.

Abstract: A shelf standard is provided with one backwall and two sidewalls. The sidewalls have cut-out portions which receive shelving. The backwall has a center section panel which extends from the backwall a distance greater than the distance from the backwall to the sidewall edge defining the cut-out portion and acts to keep the shelving edge free from contact with the sidewall edge when the shelving is being located in position.

Abstract: An adjustable glass display case, which permits ready assembly and disassembly, is provided which includes a frame having four glass plates, a generally horizontally-disposed top plate, a generally horizontally-disposed base plate and two upstanding, spaced-apart side plates disposed generally between the top and bottom plates. Each of the glass plates has two longitudinally-extending, spaced-apart rows of holes formed therethrough and is detachably secured to the other plates of the frame adjacent thereto. The case also includes a back glass plate disposed adjacent to, and detachably secured to the frame. In addition, at least one vertical glass divider is positioned between and disposed generally parallel to said side plates and is detachably secured to the top plate and bottom plate by a clamping assembly which is at least partially retained within at least one of the holes of the top and bottom plates.

Abstract: In a sheet metal shelving system, shelf clips for retaining shelves on support posts are provided with hooks for engaging openings in the support posts and also with projections which enter openings and prevent removal of the clips from the posts. The projection is held in place in its opening by reason of the engagement of a shelf apron in the retaining portion of the clip. The apron is held in the retaining portion of the clip by a snap-fit relationship between a rolled lower edge of the apron and one or more projections formed in the retaining portion of the clip.

Abstract: A beam construction for supporting shelves, cabinets and like units between upright wooden beams. The connection comprises a single support element at each end of a unit to be supported having two vertically superposed hooks at one end for hooking into a single rail in the beam, and a single upward projection at the other end for hooking into an aperture in the bottom of the unit to be supported. A vertical slot in said unit hides the corresponding vertical portion of the support element so that the support structure is invisible during normal inspection. Despite the single point support feature, the units are secure against tipping and against damage during assembly and disassembly.

Abstract: A composite shelving system having two sidepieces and reactangular shelves arranged therebetween. Each sidepiece is built of two columns joined by connecting means, the shelves comprising protruding supporting means secured in apertures in the columns. The two sidepieces are braced by cross bars. Each column is constituted by a profiled bar having a long main slot for receiving the connecting means, and two small auxiliary slots for fixing the cross bars. The profiled bar has a substantially C-shaped cross section with flanges forming the main slot, the auxiliary slots being provided at the back of the "C". The connecting means are abutting sheet members with bent edge portions inserted into the main slot of the profiled bars.

Abstract: To facilitate manual operations, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, there are provided for cooperation with a conveyor belt, particularly designed worktables, a service rack, and an adjustable table having an angle member.

Abstract: A supporting framework for shelves including crosspieces which are joined to uprights by locking means which include a locking bolt aligned in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the crosspiece, which bolt includes a head projecting beyond the end of the crosspiece with a contact surface which engages frictionally with a gripping surface on the interior surface of the wall of the upright. The bolt is mounted in a bearing mechanism located within the crosspiece wall so that the bolt can pivot between an unlocked and a locked position, the bolt carrying a collar to which an operating element projecting out through a window in the crosspiece wall is joined. The supporting framework is so designed that when the bolt is in the position the contact surface on the bolt head abuts the gripping surface on the interior surface of the wall of the upright.

Abstract: A unitary shelf support and retainer is disclosed and includes means for mounting the unit on a cabinet wall, a surface for supporting the cabinet shelf, and an upright portion extending along the wall of the cabinet and including a smoothly curved deformable web of resilient material. As the shelf is installed, that web is deformed to a degree permitting the shelf to slip past the web to be supported by the shelf support surface. After the shelf has passed the deformable web, it returns to its original shape, owing to its resilient nature, in position to retain the shelf in place.

Abstract: Material on trays or in pans can be stored or transported on a rack which is open at the front and which has horizontal ledges on its sides on which the trays or pans are supported. Construction of the rack can be made easier and more economical by providing slots on the vertical posts of the rack into which horizontal support members comprising the ledges are inserted. Only the uppermost and lowermost support members need be secured in the slots to provide a solid rack frame. Alternative designs of the rack include a multiple unit rack, dual ledges to restrain the tray from tipping when it is less than halfway in the rack, enclosure of the rack to form a cabinet, removable side panels on the rack, and a rack for storing trays vertically.

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.