Abstract: An adjustable shelving system comprises two or more upright standards each having a forwardly projecting shelf support member pivotably depending therefrom which is infinitely vertically adjustable therealong. When positioned horizontally, the support members lockingly engage with their respective standards. The members secure a shelf by means of brackets which are mechanically affixed to the shelf and spaced to define rearwardly opening cavities which receive the support members. Each shelf comprises a wire grid of a plurality of longitudinally and laterally disposed members. Each bracket has outwardly projecting tabs which encircle two adjacent longitudinal members of the shelf. Each bracket also has a raised central portion and downwardly, inwardly projecting tabs which collectively embrace the shelf support member.

Abstract: A cantilevered shelf assembly having a shelf with a rectangular mortised opening therein, the opening containing a generally C-shaped clamp member having the free end thereof adjacent the outer perimeter of the opening. A second C-shaped clamp member is secured to a wall or the like with the free ends thereof generally perpendicular to the wall surface for fitting within the opening in overlapping relation with the free ends of the C-shaped member within the opening. The shelf and C-shaped members when assembled have aligned openings for passage therethrough of a pin member for supporting the shelf. For longer shelves, a second similar assembly can be provided.

Abstract: An improved shelf bracket assembly has identical bracket members. Each bracket member is L-shaped and has a mounting portion forming one leg of the L and a flange portion forming the other portion. The mounting portion has a central raised section with an opening for receipt of a flange portion of the other bracket member. Each flange also includes a dimple and a cantilever finger. The dimple cooperates with the central raised section to maintain the bracket members in an intermediate prelocked condition. The cantilever finger cooperates with the central raised section to maintain the bracket members in a final locked condition.

Abstract: A combined adjustable seat and ladder or foot support for mounting on a pole for use by a lineman when doing work on a power line, telephone line or the like. The entire assembly is easily collapsed. The seat is supported on a carriage and is selectively moveable to different positions along a horizontal frame to selectively position the worker closer to or away from the pole. A ladder element is so connected as to enable foot support by the worker and which is also collapsible.

Abstract: Covered bins and a rotatable assembly for holding a plurality of them in a cantilevered array is provided wherein the bins may be easily removed and added as necessary. A bin support column having an exterior shape of a regular prism is mounted for rotation on a base. Each face of the support column has an array of vertically spaced pairs of prongs. Each pair of prongs engages and releasably secures a bin to the face of the column. Each bin has a bottom wall, two side walls, a forward wall, and a rearward wall. Each bin is mounted to the support column with its rearward wall adjacent a face of the column by means of two slots which receive the pair of prongs projecting from the face of the support column. Preferably, each bin has a cover which is hinged to open and close over the top of the bin and which is slidably engaged with the side walls of the bin to allow complete removal therefrom.

Abstract: A shelf bracket including a bracket member formed of non-metallic material and having an upper shelf supporting surface and a rear abutment surface and a generally L-shaped metal attaching member for mounting the shelf bracket member on a supporting surface. The non-metallic bracket member has recesses at the upper rear corner thereof for receiving the metal attaching member and the bracket member has a downwardly extending notch in its upper surface for receiving a downwardly extending tongue on the metal attaching member to horizontally anchor the bracket member adjacent its upper surface. A second anchor extends horizontally from the lower portion of the attaching member into the bracket member to vertically support the bracket member.

Abstract: A connecting structure for shelves comprising horizontally-disposed distributing trays detachably affixed to vertical supporting members. The trays are provided with bent edges and with plastic elbows to cover the corner gaps of adjacent flank faces. The elbows have openings therein for screwing the trays to the supporting members.

Abstract: An assembly for forming a partition or screen, especially for display purposes, comprises a plurality of panels and connectors, with the edges of the panels carrying a looped attachment material and with the connectors formed of channel-section material with hooked attachment material within their bases, whereby two or more panels can be readily secured together by two or more connectors and as readily disconnected, the looped attachment material preferably also extending over both faces of the panels so that articles to be displayed and carrying hooked attachment material can be detachably secured to the panels, and likewise shelves with brackets with abutments to embrace the edges of panels can be secured in place by hooked attachment material on the abutments.

Abstract: A cooking stand and cooking stand assembly are provided which can be readily assembled and dismounted for use indoors or outdoors; the stand comprises an upstanding supporting frame including at least one pair of retaining bars including an upper bar and a lower bar defining a slot therebetween; and a support member having an upper cooking surface and including at least a pair of spaced apart retaining arms extending from one side of the support member and adapted to removably sit in the slot, whereby the support member is held in the frame to dispose the cooking surface horizontally.

Abstract: A portable seat for hunters consisting of a vertical body to be placed on a tree trunk and held at the desired height by a chain having one end attached to one side of the body so that the other end may be wrapped around the tree and then removably attached to the other side of the body. A seat is hinged to the top of the body so that it can be folded into a closed position forming a flat package with all parts contained therein. When the seat is swung into open position it extends outwardly from the body into a horizontal position. A rigid non-extensible member is hinged to the underside of the seat so that it can be moved into a diagonal position with its free end engaging an abutment on the vertical body to form a strut or brace for the seat. The length of the brace and the location of the hinge are selected so that the brace is wholly within the package when the seat is moved to closed position and a spring bias is provided to keep the free end of the brace always in contact with the body.

Abstract: Macrame rack apparatus is disclosed which includes movable pins for measuring macrame cord and a plurality of hooks for holding the cord and a removable work table for working with different types of macrame projects.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved display gondola which can be both readily assembled from basic parts and fully dismantled by unskilled personnel; which requires no separate fasteners in the assembly; and which can support both light duty and heavy duty shelves.

Abstract: A device for attachment to a foldable card table, or the like, providing a convenient horizontal surface for drinks, snacks, etc., which is out of the way of the normal table playing surface. The attachement includes a rigid tongue which is designed to be interposed between the table top and the frame, and which serves to support a tray extending out from the edge of the table, preferably at the corner. One embodiment comprises a one-piece attachment having a rectangular tongue at one end, and providing an elliptical or semicircular tray surface at the other end, with a raised edge around the external periphery of the latter. In one variation, a slit on the inner edge of the tongue is designed to accommodate obstacles, such as bolts, between the top and frame at the table corner. In other embodiments, the tray is hinged to the external end of the tongue; and the tray portion is designed to fit over the table corner for storage purposes.

Abstract: An integrally molded, one-piece, plastic shelf unit which can be mounted directly on a surface either singly, or adjacent similar units, without the need for separate mounting structures such as brackets, and which is nestable for convenient shipment and storage is disclosed. It has a flat horizontal support wall, an integral front wall which extends downwardly from the front edge of the support wall, integral sidewalls which extend downwardly from the side edges of the support wall, and an integral external mounting flange wall which extends outwardly from the rear edges of the support wall and the sidewalls to provide an unobstructed rear opening in which a similar unit may be nested.

Abstract: A wall mounted folding table movable from a collapsed and recessed position includes a folding bracket arrangement having first and second arms pivotally interconnected and pivotally connected to the table top and to the wall structure. The foldable bracket includes a reciprocating latch which releasably connects the folding bracket members in a linear support position and also maintains the folding leg in a collapsed and recessed position.

Abstract: Wall fixture consisting of two parallel rails to which a shelf or the like is attached by means of inclined fins on the shelf engaging inclined slots on the rails.

Abstract: The desk is constructed for ease and convenience in positioning and use by handicapped persons who are confined to wheel chairs. It includes a relatively small base and a vertical panel extending across the base and rigidly secured thereto. Vertically extending retaining means are provided on one or both sides of the panel and a work table is removably secured to the retaining means at a selected level to accommodate varying sizes of wheel chairs. The table is considerably longer than wide, and a first narrow end is secured to the panel. The second, free end is provided with a recess in its central portion to receive the torso of the user and to define a pair of arm rests for working convenience. There are no obstructions beneath the table and its extra length provides room for a patient with a full leg cast.

Abstract: A shelf assembly which is assembleable without extraneous fasteners and which may be shipped flat and ready for attachment to a pair of spaced standards. The assembly comprises an expansive shelf of formed sheet metal having an upper shelf surface portion and a lower portion which provides groups of spaced slots opening into hollows within the shelf. Shelf support brackets, each having an expansive main body portion, hooks for supporting the assembly on a standard and a pair of mounting ears integral with the bracket extend laterally from the upper regions of the bracket main body portion. The mounting ears are seated within the hollows of a corresponding group of slots. The ears on each bracket have projections by which the shelf and bracket are interconnected. At least one projection is a protuberance, the combined width of the ear and the protuberance being greater than the width of the slot portion through which that ear entered. One ear has a hook-like projection.

Abstract: A platform support structure includes a platform having an upper support surface and a lower surface. A slot extends into the lower platform surface and an elongated support bracket includes a portion which is integral with the platform within the slot so that the sides of the slot cooperate with a portion of the sides of the bracket to provide lateral support for the platform.A raised wall member extends outwardly and annularly from the upper surface of the platform to provide a continuous moment sufficiently distal from the slot to overcome anticipated breaking moments at the slot.

Abstract: A plurality of anchors are secured to a vertical support surface in a horizontally spaced relationship. A plurality of racks or shelves are detachably suspended between the anchors by an inner hanger and an outer hanger. The anchors and hangers permit the ends of adjacent racks to be suspended at a single point.

Abstract: A sportsman's accessory for convenient temporary attachment to a tree or post to provide a seat. A flat seat member is secured to a mounting bar projecting rearwardly therefrom. The bar terminates in a threaded fastening member for screwing into a tree or the like. A peg member having a pointed end is pivoted at its other end to the mounting bar, which is hinged at a location between the seat and the fastening means. The pivotal axes of the hinge on the peg member are transverse to the bar and parallel mutually and to the seat member.

Abstract: In a shelving system having both vertical and oblique supports for removable shelves, identical shelves are interchangeably usable on either support by reason of the fact that mounting slots on the oblique support are farther apart than the mounting slots on the vertical support. The tabs on the shelves cooperate with these slots in two different ways, depending on the slot spacing, thereby automatically insuring the proper shelf orientation, irrespective of the support.

Abstract: A sectional, knocked down, console table of molded plastic parts, and adapted for attachment to a wall to hang thereon. The table consists of a one-piece top or shelf with a separate apron or skirt depending downwardly from the forwardly presented edge. The skirt comprises a center section and a pair of separate laterally spaced side sections which interlock with the center section and serve as lateral support brackets for the composite assembled structure. The various structural components are secured to one another mechanically by means including channel slots with cooperating friction flanges or ribs; combination post, tab, and screw assemblies; and keying interlocks; whereby the table may be shipped knocked down as a substantially flat, space-saving package, and may then be quickly, easily, and permanently assembled in seconds, using two simple screws.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for supporting a vertically adjustable shelf, from a vertical standard having a plurality of vertically spaced apertures, by means of a mounting bracket interposed between the shelf and standard.

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: A wall mounted metal shelf assembly utilizing parallel spaced upright wall mounted channel brackets having spaced slotted openings for connective reception of projecting tongue portions of cantilever off-wall brackets and metal shelf members overcovering and undersupported by the cantilever brackets; the openings in the wall brackets being formed to include detent portions engageable with the tongue portions of the cantilever brackets to effectively lock the same against lateral shifting in their mounted condition and the shelf members having portions which cooperatively interlock with the cantilever brackets and resiliently engage the wall brackets to positively stabilize the assembly.

Abstract: Each of a pair of clip members comprises a plate-type member of rectangular configuration having a rectangular corner cutout forming a pair of perpendicular edges. Each clip member has a channel formed therein and extending perpendicularly to one of the edges and linearly with the other of the edges for accommodating the ledge part of a stiffener of a ship's hull and bulkhead with one of the edges abutting the underside of the plank-type part of the stiffener. A pair of bracket members support a scaffold platform between them. Each bracket member comprises a plate-type member having a rectangular part tapering downward to a narrow part and a rectangular corner cutout in the rectangular part forming a pair of perpendicular edges.

Abstract: A table having a supporting base with a lateral mounting extension for attachment cantilever fashion to a supporting structure with the bottom of the base spaced above the floor, and a supporting foot mounted at the bottom of the base below the table top for movement between a lower extended position werein the foot projects below the base for supporting contact with the floor and an upper retracted position wherein the foot is raised above the floor to facilitate cleaning the floor below the base.A furniture combination including the table and a bench seat to which the table base is secured to form the supporting structure for the table. In its extended position, the supporting foot for the table base may incline slightly from the vertical in a direction away from the bench seat to resist movement of the seat in the latter direction.

Abstract: A foldable stool which may be compactly folded for carrying and storage, and which may be quickly unfolded and mounted on a tree trunk, comprising a pair of spaced-apart lateral frame members having a seat mounted at one end and a tree-engaging supporting member pivotally connected at one end to the other ends of the lateral frame members, a chain adapted to engage the end of the lateral frame members at the pivotal connection on one side and to be wrapped around a tree trunk and fastened to the other side of the ends of the lateral frame members at the pivotal connection, and stop means to maintain said lateral frame members and said supporting member in fixed relationship in the operative position, while permitting said supporting member to pivot upwardly and to fold over the top of the lateral frame members for storage.