Abstract: The present invention provides an improved modular cantilever rack formed by an improved base assembly for interconnecting the vertical support members to the base assemblies. The present improved rack also provides an improved bracing system formed by at least one pair of V-shaped brace members. Also provided is an improved carrying arm assembly such that each carrying arm is provided with an arm end cap adapted to be pivotally movable between a flush rest position, and an extended stop position.

Abstract: A shelf support is disclosed in which the position of a bracket on an elongated support member is infinitely adjustable and in which a pair of support surfaces on the bracket engage a pair of support surfaces on the support member, one of which is defined by an elongated strip of resiliently deformable material. A lock is provided for holding the bracket in a shelf support position and it includes a resilient pin having ends engaging ribs of a channel-shaped support member.

Abstract: A garment display and storage unit which includes modular hanger elements, each constituted by a square slide plate from which is cantilevered an arm provided with a series of hooking posts formed by a peg terminating in a head. The elements cooperate with supporting beams each having a longitudinal channel therein adapted to receive the slide plates, whereby the elements may be shifted to any desired point in the channel and then locked therein by a sliding wedge inserted under the plate. By arranging beams at parallel vertical positions, it becomes possible to erect pairs of hanger elements thereon for supporting an array of garments, each garment being slung between corresponding hooking posts.

Abstract: An adjustable litter support assembly includes fittings on each stanchion to engage conventional hold-down fixtures on the floor of an aircraft. The stanchions are further supported by interconnectable connecting links carried near the top of each stanchion. Connecting straps also extend from near the top of each stanchion to a floor fitting near the bottom of the other stanchion of each pair. Litter support arms are adjustably connected to each stanchion and carry locking straps for detachably holding a litter thereon.

Abstract: An adjustable cantilever rack containing means for accurately setting the elevational position of the outer end of the supporting arms. The cantilever rack includes a column of rectangular cross sectional shape, a base secured to the bottom of the column, a load supporting arm and a channel-shaped bracket secured to the inner end of the arm and adapted to fit around the column. Rows of circular spaced apertures formed in the column are adapted to receive bearing pins which are slidably insertable therethrough. An additional pair of apertures are formed in the flange portions of the bracket so that when aligned with the apertures in the column, a gap exists between the web portion of the bracket and the column. A pair of set screws are threadedly engaged with a corresponding pair of threaded apertures in the web portion of the bracket below the supporting arm for adjustably controlling the width of the gap and thereby adjustably controlling the elevational position of the outer end of the supporting arm.

Abstract: An improved high frequency heating apparatus of a type having a drawer-type door assembly together with a turn-table driven from the exterior of a heating chamber and also a support shelf therefor, which is so arranged that the stroke of the door assembly for closing and opening may be set irrespective of depth of the heating chamber, with the positional relation between the turn-table and bottom wall of the heating chamber being accurately maintained during driving of the turn-table.

Abstract: A support and retrieval device for magazines, newspapers and the like, includes a U-shaped base having a pair of vertical legs projecting upwardly therefrom. An elongate, slotted, support member extends between and is secured to the upper ends of the vertical legs of the base. A plurality of elongate support bars frictionally engage the slots of the support member and project therefrom. Periodicals, such as magazines, newspapers or the like, are supported on the support bars in a manner to permit ready identification of the periodicals and thereby ready retrieval thereof.

Abstract: A cantilever storage rack having posts with vertically spaced rectangular apertures and arms having U-shaped brackets embracing the posts. Each bracket has two pairs of vertically spaced rectangular apertures so that two pins connect the bracket and post. The lower bracket apertures are spaced slightly rearwardly of the upper apertures in a direction away from the face of the column. The result is that the cantilever arm is supported by the pins with area contact but is held away from the column, thereby insuring accurate vertical arm location.

Abstract: An easily mountable and repositionable cantilevered shelf supported from the rear wall of a commercial refrigerator or freezer cabinet on two vertical support members secured inside on the rear wall. Each support member has longitudinal flanges projecting forward from an elongate vertical base fastened to the rear wall and formed with front channels facing toward the base part, opposed flanges of the channels of the two support members having notches along their length. Shelves are made from rod and wire construction with a solid cross bar across the rear upper shelf edge. The ends of the cross bar project laterally as short trunnions and hook into matched pairs of notches in the facing channel flanges of each support.

Abstract: The specifications describe an apparatus for displaying garments and other articles of clothing which are customarily suspended on hangers. Lineal as well as angular variations of the suspension bar are effected through the utilizations of a pivotally sleeved arrangement. Asthetic groupings and orientations may be used to provide an attractive background to enhance saleability.

Abstract: A connector is readily assembled to, and disassembled from, a box-shaped channel or guideway for the construction of knockdown furniture, shelving and the like. The box-shaped channel is a standard extrusion formed by a back wall, side walls and two inwardly directed flanges which taper towards a central slot. The connector includes a base member having flat terminal portions, of uniform thickness, and wedgingly engageable with the tapered flanges upon rotation of the base member about a central rotational axis perpendicular to the back wall of the channel. Thus, the base member is firmly held in any position longitudinally of the channel.

Abstract: Elongated slotted channel members and L-shaped corner pieces of registering cross sectional shapes may be assembled into various frames for supporting a plurality of shelves or the like.

Abstract: A wall bracket for the support of a shelf, a table or a bench is fastened to a lipped box channel that is vertically positioned with its open slit towards the shelf; it is held in the channel by friction forces only and can be readily moved up and down and held at any desired height of the channel. The bracket end which is inserted into the channel through its slit has a horizontal rectangular top portion smaller than the channel inside, but wider than the slit, and is connected to the bracket body outside the channel by a neck portion of a width narrower than the slit, while the bottom portion is in the shape of a horizontal spike passing into the channel through the said slit and pressed against the channel rear by the load acting on the bracket. The bracket is inserted into, or withdrawn from the channel by turning it until its top portion is vertical and parallel with the slit and can be pushed through it.

Abstract: A storage rack is provided with posts and shelving for supporting goods. The posts are of the type having keyhole slots. Several types of post protectors are disclosed. Both of the post protectors have fasteners engageable with the keyhole slots to provide means to secure them to a storage rack to minimize damage to the storage rack posts in the event that the posts are accidentally struck by various types of vehicles such as fork lift trucks and the like. The one post protector is provided for mounting on the front face of the post and extends vertically a number of feet to protect the storage rack post from ground level upwards to a desired point. A second corner post protector is provided for mounting at right angles to the other first described post protector and provides means to shield the post from blows which might be directed or received at generally right angles to those receivable against the other first described post protector.

Abstract: An assembly for displaying articles for sale is provided of the type comprising a laterally elongated basket adapted to be secured to a pair of spaced and parallel upright supports. The assembly includes an end support bar secured across each lateral end of the basket and means for removably securing each end support bar to one of the upright supports. The securing means further comprises a member having hooks adapted to be received within receiving slots formed in the upright support and a lateral rod secured to the member and slidably received within registering apertures formed through the end support bar. The rod permits adjustment of the lateral distance between the members on each end of the basket to compensate for misalignment of the hooks with the slots in the upright supports.

Abstract: A supporting accessory unit such as a shelving unit is adapted for use on a modular wall panel having a peripheral support frame with a decorative planar surface. The shelving unit includes a support assembly capable of being removably attached to the interior of the modular peripheral frame without any additional fasteners. The support assembly includes an upper support shoulder and a force-bearing surface adjacent a U-shaped support bracket. The support bracket is capable of holding cantilevered shelf supports for receiving the actual shelving panel. Alternatively, a removable hook assembly can be suspended from the interior of the wall support frame.

Abstract: A support system for use in partition walling and in supporting shelving and other elements. The system comprises an elongated post having a core, a face structure comprising a pair of spaced webs, each extending longitudinally of the post and delineating a longitudinally extending slot and sections joining the webs to the core and defining a space between the webs and the core. An elongated strip is a push fit within part of the space between the webs and the core, the strip having a part through which a series of longitudinally spaced locating holes are formed. The strip is shaped so that when fitted within said space said part lies behind said slot substantially parallel to the webs of the post and there is space left between said part and the core. This space may receive tabs on the ends of brackets shaped to interlock with the locating holes in the strip.

Abstract: A cantilever rack construction wherein a generally C-shaped connector plate embraces a flange of a column; threaded members pass through arms on the front of the connector plate and engage the column at or near to the root fillet; (which is the point of intersection of a flange on the column and the web of the column.

Abstract: A universal base for a bracket system comprises an open ended tubular member having a rectangular cross section. A T-shaped tongue projects at an angle from one end of the base back wall and the opposite or front wall is formed with at least two laterally spaced pairs of vertically spaced slots. With the tongue of one base engaged in the opening of a lipped channel member, the slots are simultaneously engageable by two shelf brackets or alternatively the upper open end of the base may accept a cabinet bracket that is laterally positionable over part of the width of the base.

Abstract: A cantilever rack structure has at least two wide flange I-beams comprising upright standards connected to each other and with stabilizing base members at their lower ends, the flanges of these standards facing forwardly and rearwardly and with the web between the flanges extending from front to back. One or both flanges of the I-beams has a vertical row of holes therethrough at each side of the web, the rows of holes being close to but spaced laterally from the web. Load-supporting arm members comprise a plate adapted to fit against the flange of an I-beam and a forwardly-projecting rigid arm extending from the plate, each plate having at least two laterally-spaced holes therethrough so that one hole registers with a selected hole in each of the two vertical rows of holes through the I-beam flange, and bolts with removable nuts secure the arms to the uprights. Connecting brace members extend from the front flange at one end to the rear flange at the other.

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.