Abstract: The invention relates to a corner support for a shelving system of the type described in Canadian Patent No. 1,030,905. The corner support is generally triangular in shape when seen in top view, and has a rear end formed on one leg of the triangular shape and a front end formed on another leg of the triangular shape. Vertically spaced bars are disposed in the rear end to engage with holding notches of the corner posts of the shelving system, and the front end receives a downwardly depending portion of a corner of a shelf. Thus, the corner support is held at and by the corner post, and in turn, holds a corner of the shelf.

Abstract: A bracket for attaching a component to a slotted upright, which bracket includes one or more conventional downwardly-opening L-shaped hooks adapted for engagement with the slots of the upright. The bracket includes an integral locking element which is sufficiently resilient to snap into one of the slots when the bracket is properly seated to thereby indicate proper engagement of the bracket on the upright, and simultaneously prevent upward lifting of the bracket relative to the upright. The locking element comprises a vertically elongated cantilever spring having a slot-engaging projection at the outer end thereof. The locking element is integral with the bracket and formed of the same platelike material so as to be stiff yet slightly resilient, thereby ensuring positive seating of the locking projection within the slot when the bracket is properly seated on the upright.

Abstract: A refrigerated display cabinet interior shelf system has one piece standards for shelf support. The standards are manually removeable from slotted brackets fixed to mullions in a cabinet structure. The standards have surfaces fully exposed to the cabinet interior. Each standard can maintain two shelf supporting clips on opposite sides at the same vertical dimension. The shelf system is manually disassembleable, and when assembled effectively eliminates protruding threaded fastener elements and multiple components in the shelf support system.

Abstract: An extensible slotted upright for mounting cantilever type brackets is disclosed. The upright is comprised of telescoping inner and outer tubes, each tube having a plurality of spaced apart slots along diametrically opposing sides for engagement by the bracket. The tubes are oriented with respect to each other such that each slotted side of the outer tube is adjacent and parallel to a slotted side of the inner tube. A spacer is positioned between the inner and outer tubes such that a bracket may be mounted through the slots of the outer tube without restriction or interference from the inner tube. Means are provided for securing the tubes in a predetermined telescoping position.

Abstract: The invention is an improved adjustable system for mounting a basketball goal. The adjustable system has two embodiments, one in which no modification is made to the mounting bracket on the basketball goal, and the other with a wide range of positions in which a minor modification is made to the mounting bracket on the basketball goal. The simple means of adjusting the height of the basketball goal is advantageous for schools, clubs, recreation units and other similar organizations that cater to, or have members of, a wide range of age groups and a consequent wide range of individual heights of boys, girls, men, and women. The economics of the simplicity of the device is another major factor.

Abstract: A mounting fixture of unitary construction is disclosed for use in combination with panel board having regularly spaced lateral grooves with an undercut. The fixture is mounted on the panel board by a manual insertion, involving the positioning of the uppermost free end of the fixture into an associated groove, and thereafter downwardly rotating the fixture until the lower portion thereof engages a similar groove.

Abstract: A shelf bracket adapted to be secured to an upright by means of a bracket clip. The shelf bracket comprises attachment means for attaching the bracket to the upright. The attachment means comprises a slot adapted to receive the bracket clip thus removably securing the bracket to the upright.A shelf bracket-stud combination is disclosed which comprises a stud, a bracket clip, and a shelf bracket. The shelf bracket comprises attachment means for attaching the bracket to the stud. The attachment means comprises a slot adapted to receive the bracket clip such that the location of the bracket on the stud may be varied by varying the position of the bracket clip within the slot.Also disclosed is a shelf bracket-clip combination which comprises a bracket clip and a shelf bracket. The shelf bracket comprises attachment means for attaching the bracket to a stud.

Abstract: In a shelving system having both vertical and oblique supports for removable shelves, identical shelves are interchangeably usable on either support by virtue of special tabs which are engageable with support slots in two possible ways. The same shelf, therefore, can be mounted horizontally on either the vertical or the oblique supports.

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: An attachment structure for mounting a furniture component, such as a work surface member, on the slotted uprights of a wall panel. The attachment structure is releasably engageable with both the slotted upright and the work surface member, such as a desk top. A hook-carrying support is releasably attached to the upright, and the support in turn has the work surface member releasably attached thereto. A latching device, as mounted on the support, automatically engages the slotted upright to fixedly lock the support thereto only when the work surface member is mounted on and properly engaged with the support. The latching device also causes the front edge of the work surface member to be locked down against the support.

Abstract: A bracket and clip apparatus for slidable recessed drawers comprises a bottom portion having a first transverse projection for coacting with a slot in a typical wall bracket. The transverse projection extends from a medial region of a bottom portion of the clip with the region having an arcuate section terminating in a second projection for coacting with another slot in the bracket. Located on said medial region is an upstanding bracket flange for accommodating and supporting a slidable channel assembly. A counterbalance member is positioned about the upstanding flange and the wall bracket to prevent tilting of the clip and bracket assembly to restrain the projections from disengaging the slots during operation of a drawer or similar article coupled to said slidable channel assembly.

Abstract: An improved modular wall or shelf assembly is disclosed which may be locked into place. The assembly comprises an upright support for supporting the modular wall or shelf component and a mounting bracket connected to the modular wall or shelf component along a vertical plane for adjustably affixing the modular wall or shelf component to the upright support. The mounting bracket is composed of two parts, namely an upper bracket member and a lower bracket member. The upper bracket has an elongated body portion which is adapted to be connected to the upper portion of the modular wall or shelf component and a plurality of linearly aligned tabs. The tabs extend outwardly and each have a horizontal lower lip for supporting the vertical load of the modular component. All of the tabs, except the uppermost tab, have an upper lip which extends horizontally or downwardly.

Abstract: Method for making an acrylic support post for display fixtures such as shelf units and hang racks. The post comprises an elongated acrylic transparent or translucent member having a longitudinal channel formed along one or a plurality of the sides of the post, a longitudinal anchor plate disposed along the bottom portion of the channel, a longitudinal hollow standard having spaced locking slots along the front face thereof secured with the anchor plate, and a casting around the anchor plate and standard filling the channel to lock the anchor plate in the channel. The casting is formed of a material which blends with the acrylic of the post such as a methyl methacrylate resin and the like. The anchor plate is securely locked in place by the casting while the standard is secured with the anchor plate by means of screws. The channel is rectangular having radiused bottom corners. The casting is made in defined stages.

Abstract: A wall bracket system is disclosed which is supported on a vertical wall by a single horizontally extending wall rail. The bracket system comprises a bracket, key member and spacer member. The bracket is provided with a vertically adjustable key member which attaches to the rear surface of the bracket and supports the same by being held in a channel of the wall rail. A vertically adjustable spacer member is also provided which serves to space the lower portion of the bracket from the vertical wall. Additionally, a support member is provided which slides over and is held secure by a plurality of upwardly extending screw heads. This support member is secured to the underside of a shelf or other item to be supported by the bracket and after sliding over the protruding screw heads provides an anti-lateral displacement mechanism.

Abstract: A shelf having a horizontal planar supporting surface and an edge portion is supported by a vertically disposed post having a pair of support strips fixed in angular relation to each other and in each of which a plurality of apertures are formed in vertically spaced relationship together with a support clip having a pair of vertically disposed support panels fixed in angular relation to each other and respectively disposed adjacent said support strips, the angular relation between said support panels corresponding generally with that between said support strips so that the panel and strips are disposed in parallel relationship to each other and wherein at least one support tab is formed on each support panel and disposed in an aperture in the associated support strip, the support tabs being configured so that the shelf edge portion may be firmly gripped between said support strips and their corresponding support panels.

Abstract: The specification discloses a furniture system in which a furniture unit is hung on a support by means of hooks which hook into apertures in the support, the unit being locked in place by a lock which is biased into engagement with one of the apertures in the support. The lock and furniture unit in which it is mounted include a detent system which holds the lock in an unlocked position when engaged, enabling one to remove the furniture unit from the support without having to simultaneously manually hold the lock in an unlocked position. The lock and the support further include an automatic release system which automatically releases the detent when the unit is first hooked into the support whereby the lock automatically snaps into its locked condition.

Abstract: A headboard and footboard are removably attached to a vertical multiply-slotted standard by means of keys to form a display unit. (These standards may be part of the display structure already mounted in a store). A number of panels are slideably mounted for independent travel back and forth within the confines of the headboard and footboard to reveal merchandise hung on the panels for display in a store. Means are provided to support the panels from the bottom, so that the sides and top of the display do not bear much weight. The panels and associated hardware can be individually moved forward or backward within the display to allow more or less space between two panels or to accommodate additional panels. When the panels are in the desired positions, they can be locked to prevent unwanted forward and back travel, but to allow panels to slide from side to side.Improved keys are utilized which lock to vertical standards.

Abstract: A wall mounted standard for connecting shelf-supporting brackets to a wall. One form of the standard comprises means for connecting together two aligned wall-forming panels, while another form of the standard is used to connect a pair of panels which are oriented at right angles to each other to form a corner connection. Other forms of the standard are suspended from the top of a wall.

Abstract: A wall mounted standard for connecting shelf-supporting brackets to a wall. One form of the standard comprises means for connecting together two aligned wall-forming panels, while another form of the standard is used to connect a pair of panels which are oriented at right angles to each other to form a corner connection. Other forms of the standard are suspended from the top of a wall.

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 bearer panel has a panel body and supporting devices normally supported by the body. The body has horizontal transverse grooves which in a sectional profile thereof expand inwards. The supporting devices have lugs fitting the grooves.

Abstract: A wall mounted standard for connecting shelf-supporting brackets to a wall. One form of the standard comprises means for connecting together two aligned wallforming panels, while another form of the standard is used to connect a pair of panels which are oriented at right angles to each other to form a corner connection. Other forms of the standard are suspended from the top of a wall.

Abstract: A shelf having a horizontal planar supporting surface and an edge portion is supported by a vertically disposed post having a pair of support strips fixed in angular relation to each other and in each of which a plurality of apertures are formed in vertically spaced relationship together with a support clip having a pair of vertically disposed support panels fixed in angular relation to each other and respectively disposed adjacent said support strips, the angular relation between said support panels corresponding generally with that between said support strips so that the panel and strips are disposed in parallel relationship to each other and wherein at least one support tab is formed on each support panel and disposed in an aperture in the associated support strip, the support tabs being configured so that the shelf edge portion may be firmly gripped between said support strips and their corresponding support panels.

Abstract: A shelf support bracket construction adapted for use singly or in pairs for engaging into a vertical wall divider or spline and having at least one rearwardly disposed projection and at least one forwardly disposed laterally offset projection for supporting an appurtenance. When used in pairs the brackets intermesh and the rearward projections of the brackets are vertically offset with respect to each other to engage in adjacent slots in the spline with the forward projections in horizontal alignment.

Abstract: A shelf system for enhancing the display of objects supported on the shelves thereof includes at least a pair of vertical runners secured to a wall member. A shelf bracket is secured to detent holes in each of the vertical runners, and includes a portion extending parallel to the wall. The shelf member includes at least a pair of planar support members extending therefrom. Each support member is provided with a right trapezoidal configuration, with a slot disposed in the orthogonal non-parallel side of the member. The slot receives the support bracket therein for support of the shelf, which is secured to the obliquely extending non-parallel side of the support member.

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 prefabricated storage shelf which can be easily and quickly assembled, disassembled or modified. The vertical posts have a plurality of equally spaced tabs struck from the walls of the post and which tabs have: a gusset formed at the base thereof for increasing the section modulus of the tab; a shape to aid insertion into the openings of horizontal beams; and, a pimple for retaining the horizontal beams in assembled position. Horizontal beams are provided which can be inverted to mate with different thicknesses of lumber forming the shelf. Brackets are provided for coacting with horizontally extending beams.

Abstract: A fastener for use in display stands and partitions is provided for securing a pair of elements one to the other. One element is provided with a slot and the fastener is secured to the remaining element.The fastener is generally hook-shaped and is provided with a cam surface which engages with the rear surface of the slotted element to effect engagement. In an alternative embodiment, the fastener has two projections which engage the adjacent surface of the slotted element to urge the two elements together through the opposing action of the hook member projections and the surfaces with which they abut.

Abstract: A system of posts and struts with which a variety of different decorative and utilitarian merchandising display assemblies are made, and display accessories for the assemblies. The posts are hollow and have a plurality of angularly spaced longitudinal grooves with slotted bottom walls, and the struts have mounting brackets adjacent their ends for engagement with the slotted bottom walls, and screw mechanisms for tightening and locking the brackets. The grooves are bounded by longitudinal ribs against which the struts abut, and similar grooves and ribs are provided on the struts to receive panels, both the struts and the posts being covered, between the ribbed grooves, with decorative sheet material. Accessories such as hangers and shelves are mounted on the posts with brackets insertible in the slotted grooves and extending out for supporting engagement with the accessories.

Abstract: An upwardly opening shelf, preferably of wire construction, mountable on a pair of spaced uprights by a pair of brackets which coact between the opposite ends of the shelf and the adjacent uprights. The brackets are of an L-shaped configuration and include a first plate-like leg provided with a pair of vertically spaced hooks which engage spaced slots formed in the upright. The bracket has a second leg which extends substantially perpendicular to the hooked leg. This second leg comprises an enlarged substantially rectangular flat plate which is slidably supported on and confined by the rear wall of the shelf.

Abstract: An accessory support system for attaching accessories, such as shelves, desk tops and book cases to movable wall partitions or panels used for dividing interior spaces into modules. The support system provides a secure, safe and concealed means for removably and adjustably attaching the accessories to the panels.

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 base bracket comprises a heel and hook member, a heel reinforcement, a bottom swing tab, and a backload pin. When the bracket is properly positioned in a slot in a shelf upright, the pin is adapted to pass through aligned holes in the shelf upright, the hook, and the bottom swing tab.

Abstract: A partition structure includes a support post having a plurality of vertical sides and a partition panel secured to one of these sides, with the panel having an edge portion located in parallel closely spaced alignment with one of the sides of the post to define a thin cavity therebetween. An elongated bracket support strip is located in the cavity and secured to the adjacent side of the post. This strip has a plurality of vertically spaced embossments of predetermined configuration formed thereon extending outwardly of the post side towards the edge portion of the adjacent panel. A support bracket having an inner edge portion including a plurality of spaced mounting tabs formed thereon, with the mounting tabs being spaced from each other at regular intervals selected to enter the cavity between said embossments, has edge configurations formed on the tabs to mate with at least a portion of the predetermined configuration of the embossments, thereby to support the bracket on the post.

Abstract: A shelf clip of a unitary metallic construction for securely positioning a shelf on a shelving unit and usable in a back-to-back relationship with a like clip in an interfitted relationship. Upper and lower ends on an attachment flange of a body of the clip include a support hook and a downwardly extending positioning tang located on one side of a lateral center between the attachment flange sides so as to permit the interfitted relationship of the clips in their back-to-back relationship. A support flange extends horizontally from the lower end of the attachment flange with the positioning tang struck therefrom and includes an end that projects upwardly in a slightly inclined orientation. Cooperation between a dimple formed in the attachment flange and the inclined support flange end securely positions the shelf with respect to the clip while cooperation of the support hook and the positioning tang positions the clip with respect to the shelving unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a universal shelving system including slotted conventional upright supports, bracket assemblies for interengaging slots of the upright supports, and shelf members having uninterrupted upper surfaces for supporting goods thereon, and being supported on the underside thereof by the bracket assemblies. Hat-shaped sections are provided on the underside of the shelf members for providing reinforcement for the shelf members and for providing a surface for supporting engagement by the bracket assemblies. Each bracket assembly includes a bracket tab section for attachment to an upright support, and a bracket arm section pivotally mounted to the bracket tab section. A pivoted spring clip detent means is attached either to the tab section or the arm section, and cooperates with detent openings in the other of the sections.

Abstract: A track assembly for securing to a wall and receiving shelves. The track assembly includes two spaced, parallel, elongated strips having a plurality of slots along their lengths. There is also provided an adapter member located at one end of each of these strips and the adapter member is U-shaped to provide depending legs connected by a body with the body having at least one circular hole therethrough and dimensioned for each of the legs to be received through the slots in the strips such that the circular hole overlies one of the slots. There is also a headed attachment element through the circular hole of each of the adapter and the underlying strip slot into the wall to secure each of the strips to the wall. Shelf brackets are provided for each of the strips with the brackets having a hook-shaped attachment element at one end removably inserted in the slots for support of the bracket.

Abstract: A fastening device for an adjustable front panel of pull-out furniture parts, particularly for drawers having guide rails, wherein each guide rail has a supporting part with a fastening leaf for cooperation with a retaining part secured to the front panel, and the retaining part being angularly adjustably located on the supporting part at least with respect to height, and being fixable in position by means of fastening screws, comprising an eccentric located in the fastening leaf, which cooperates with a stop in the retaining part.

Abstract: Wall fixture including a rail having downwardly-directed slots formed on its outer surface and a shelf element having angular fins which fit into the slots for locking it to the rail.

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: The invention pertains to an assembling device for setting up metal structures, characterized on the one hand, by the fact that the uprights are built as box-type elements having a front plane portion adjacent to two deep mouldings, which themselves are next to the side walls, to which aforesaid mouldings are connected by a semitubular edge, aforesaid deep mouldings being provided with spaced elongated openings, and on the other hand, by the fact that the hooking elements, which are integral with the cross-members, are provided along their height with alternate parallel and perpendicular protrusions with respect to aforesaid front face of the upright, aforesaid perpendicular protrusions fitting into aforesaid openings provided in the bottom of the deep mouldings in the upright.

Abstract: The invention provides a combination of a post and an end connector for use in a rack system to support shelves and the like. The posts have first and second side ribs extending longitudinally and center portions extend between the side ribs. Each center portion defines longitudinally spaced slots and the side ribs are disposed symmetrically to either side of the center portions. The end connector has a channel shape adapted to fit snugly over a side rib of one of the posts. Coupling elements extend from the channel shape and each has a cantilever portion and a downward projection dependent from an end of the cantilever portion. The projection defines a rearward face inclined downwardly and rearwardly for engagement with a rearward side of the center portion of the post after engaging the coupling element in the post.

Abstract: A construction element which consists of a length of tube, rod or other rolled or extruded section which has two seatings on its periphery. The seatings are each adapted to hold at a predetermined angle to one another and a predetermined angle to the continuous length of the ends of two strips and to also hold between the strips a screwably connected wedge. The two strips are thereby firmly held into the seatings.

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: An appurtenance may be lockably secured to a decoratable wall by the disclosed device. The decoratable wall includes a decoratable panel with a resilient edge, at least one spline with a plurality of slots therein, and a frame supporting the panel and spline. The device includes a bracket to which the appurtenance may be attached having at least one hook member for removable insertion into a first slot in the spline, and a safety lock carried by and movable with respect thereto into engagement with a second slot of the same spline. The safety lock ensures the hook member may not be disengaged from the spline while the safety lock is engaged with the second slot.

Abstract: A storage system in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention includes a support member formed with a first leg providing a track surface and a second leg extending at a generally right angle thereto and providing a guide surface. The second leg member is formed with a plurality of connecting means, one at each end of the support member, for securing the support member to adjacent support posts. The connecting means includes a hook member formed on the second leg and a tab member also formed on the second leg and forming an angle greater than 90.degree. with the portion of the second leg located between the hook member and the tab member. To assemble the storage system, the hook members are first engaged with slots in an adjacent pair of posts and the support member is then rotated so that the tab members pass into other slots in the post members. Thereafter, each of the tab members is bent toward the hook member so that it forms an angle less than 90.degree.

Abstract: The partition structure includes a support post having a plurality of vertical sides and a partition panel secured to one of these sides, with the panel having a bent flange portion located in parallel closely spaced alignment with one of the sides of the post to define a thin cavity therebetween. The side of the cavity adjacent the flange of the panel has a plurality of vertically spaced embossments of predetermined configuration formed thereon extending outwardly of that side towards the flange portion of the adjacent panel. A support bracket having an inner edge portion including a plurality of spaced mounting tabs formed thereon, with the mounting tabs being spaced from each other at regular intervals selected to enter the cavity between said embossments, has edge configurations formed on the tabs to mate with at least a portion of the predetermined configuration of the embossments, thereby to support the bracket on the post.

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: The specification discloses a prefabricated wall system providing a wall frame to which plastering or a covering of dry wall sheeting may be applied. The system includes a series of wall frame sections, preferably formed from steel channel members, which sections are spaced apart and supported therebetween by channel spacers having stop means which abut the sections. Each wall frame section has vertical studs secured at top and bottom by horizontal stringers. The stringers may include an elongated slot extending for their complete length to admit utility connections within the wall and to allow cutting and telescoping of the stringers for shortening the wall section. Concealed, slotted channels may be secured to the studs intermediate the edges of the sheet covering material to provide support for shelving along the finished walls.

Abstract: A sheet metal face for a structural panel has at least one edge portion bent and folded to define a recessed double-thickness flange. A plurality of longitudinally-spaced slots in the flange are used for attaching mounting members having upwardly facing hooking projections receivable in a hook pocket integral with a wall-hanging structural unit. A non-metallic protector strip may be interposed between the hooking projections and hook pocket. The structural unit has bottom and rear sheet metal panels with an integral assembly flange and assembly hook. A load bar assembly may be interposed between the mounting members and the structural unit.