Shelf-supporting standards

• US 4,159,775 A
• Filed: 02/17/1978
• Issued: 07/03/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bruce Young Jr
• Original Assignee: Bruce Young Jr
• Inventors: Young, Bruce Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
• Application Number:
  US05/878,981
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 211/187, 211/86, 211/193, 211/190, 248/243, 248/220.2, 108/108, 108/111, 52/36, 52/584
• US Class Current: 211/106.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 47/05 with panels on a separate frame, e.g. a metal frame
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/103 Display shelving racks with the uprights aligned in only one plane

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.

Claims

1. A wall mounted standard for use with shelf-supporting brackets comprising:

an elongate body including a front wall having side edges and sides attached to said front wall side edges to extend rearwardly away from said front wall, said sides being spaced apart to define a back of said elongate body; and

panel attaching means on said elongate body for attaching two separate panels to said elongate body in a manner such that said two separate panels can be connected together in abutting contact with each other via the wall mounted standard, said panel attaching means comprising an anchor plate fixed to said sides and extending across said elongate body back, and a bolt receiving nut fixed to said anchor plate and a backing plate fixed to said anchor plate by a bolt engaging said backing plate and received in said bolt receiving nut.

2. The wall mounted standard of claim 1 wherein a plurality of aligned holes are defined in said front face for disengagably receiving a bracket for supporting shelving from said elongate body.

3. The standard of claim 1 further including a second bolt engaging said anchor plate and received in a bolt receiving nut fixed to said backing plate.

4. A panel connector comprising:

an elongate front wall having a pair of side-by-side rows of bracket receiving holes defined longitudinally therein, said front wall having a pair of longitudinal side edges;

a pair of elongate side walls each attached at one longitudinal side edge thereof to one of said front wall side edges, said side walls extending rearwardly from said front wall to be at right angles therewith;

a first elongate anchor plate having a front face and a rear face, said side walls each being attached to said anchor plate front face along the other longitudinal side edge thereof, said anchor plate extending outwardly of said side walls, said first anchor plate rear face fitting flushly against first faces of a pair of edge abutting panels, said first anchor plate having a plurality of spaced holes defined therethrough;

a plurality of first anchor nuts affixed to said first anchor plate front face to be concentric with some of said spaced holes;

a second elongate anchor plate having a front face and a rear face, said second anchor plate front face fitting flushly against second faces of a pair of edge abutting panels, said second anchor plate having a plurality of spaced holes defined therethrough;

a plurality of second anchor nuts affixed to said second anchor plate rear face to be concentric with some of said spaced holes, said first and second anchor nuts being located adjacent alternating holes so that a fastening member inserted through one of said first anchor plate holes is aligned with one of said second anchor nuts whereby said first and second anchor plates are attached by inserting a fastening member through a hole in said first anchor plate and connecting that fastener to an anchor nut in said second anchor plate, and vice versa whereby a pair of panels can be connected together in edge abutting relationship.