Glass shelf support

• US 4,376,521 A
• Filed: 06/30/1980
• Issued: 03/15/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Max Walters
• Original Assignee: Max Walters
• Inventors: Walters, Max
• Primary Examiner(s): Schultz, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US06/163,944
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 248/235, 248/206 R, 248/247, 248/248, 211/90, 108/152, 108/108
• US Class Current: 248/206.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/061 Cantilever brackets
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/08 Accessories for toilet tables, e.g. glass plates, supports therefor towel holders A47K10/00

Abstract

A bracket for supporting a shelf extending outward from a wall has a top member with a surface of receiving the shelf. The top member has an end proximal to the wall and an end distal to the wall. One or more suction cups attach to the proximal end and suspend the device from the wall. The top member has a supporting web which depends inward away from the distal end extending into an elongate foot portion which abuts the wall. The top member is supported by a suction cup near its proximal end and by the foot portion which is of a sufficient length to permit wall abutment when the top member is in a substantially horizontal position, and is also spaced a sufficient distance below the point of attachment of the suction cup to prevent the cup from interfering with the wall abutment of the foot.

Claims

1. A device for supporting a shelf extending outward from a wall comprising:

(a) a top member having an end proximal to said wall and an end distal to said wall, said member in a horizontal position forming a surface suitable for receiving said shelf;

(b) a U-shaped projection extending downward from said proximal end forming a recess sized to receive a neck portion of a suction cup; and

(c) means for supporting said top member depending inward away from said distal end, said supporting means having an elongate foot portion for abutting the wall, said foot portion extending inward further than said U-shaped projection to permit the foot portion to abut the wall when said top member is in a horizontal position.

5. The device of claims 4, 1, 3 or 2 wherein said device and suction cups are transparent.

2. A device for supporting a shelf extending outward from a wall comprising:

(a) a top member having an end distal to the wall and an end proximal to the wall, said proximal end being bifurcated into two arms;

(b) means for engaging a suction cup connected to each of said bifurcated arms; and

(c) means for supporting said top member extending downward from said top member, said supporting means having means for abutting the wall, said abutting means extending further inward than said engaging means, and spaced a sufficient distance from said engaging means to permit said cup from interfering with the wall abutment by said abutting means.

3. A device for supporting a shelf extending outward from a wall comprising:

(a) a flat elongate top member having an end proximal to said wall and an end distal to said wall, said member forming a surface suitable for receiving said shelf;

(b) a yolk-like projection extending downward from said proximal end essentially parallel to said wall forming a recess;

(c) a suction cup having a cap portion for engaging the wall and a neck portion sized to fit snugly within said projection; and

(d) means for supporting said top member extending downward from and essentially perpendicular to said top member, said supporting means having a foot portion for abutting the wall formed by a hollowed portion between said foot and said projection, said foot extending inward essentially as far as the cap portion of said suction cup when said cup is positioned within said projection to permit said foot to abut the wall when said suction cup is engaged with the wall, said foot being spaced a sufficient distance from said projection to prevent said cup from interfering with the wall abutment of the foot.

4. A device for suspension from a wall by one or more suction cups and for supporting a shelf extending outward from said wall without physically damaging the wall, said device comprising:

(a) a top member having an end proximal to said wall and an end distal to said wall, said member in a substantially horizontal position forming a surface suitable for receiving said shelf;

(b) means attached to said proximal end, engaging a suction cup in a manner which permits said device to be readily disengaged from said cup by simply separating said device from the cup, said suction cup depending below said engaging means;

(c) means for supporting said top member depending inward away from said distal end, said supporting means having an elongate foot portion for abutting the wall, said foot portion extending beyond said engaging means in the direction of the wall and being of a sufficient length to permit said wall abutment when said top member is in said substantially horizontal position, and

(d) a recess located between the foot portion and said engaging means, said recess receiving that portion of said suction cup which depends below said engaging means.