Shelving assembly

• US 4,934,645 A
• Filed: 03/20/1989
• Issued: 06/19/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RTC Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: RTC Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Breslow, David S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLSON, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/325,395
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 248/291, 248/235, 248/240, 248/240.4, 248/397, 248/222.1, 248/241, 248/242, 248/243, 248/286, 108/108, 108/5, 211/151, 211/187, 211/175
• US Class Current: 248/242
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/045 Cantilever shelves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/07 adjustable in themselves

Abstract

A shelving assembly mountable on conventional vertical, slotted standards. The shelving assembly includes a shelf and brackets permitting movement of the shelf on the brackets between a rear merchandising position and a forward stocking position, and permitting movement into selected horizontal and inclined merchandising positions.

Claims

1. A shelving assembly adapted to be removably mounted on and to be suspended from supports comprising,

an elongate shelf having an expansive upper merchandising surface, and having back, side and front edges, and a bottom,

a pair of elongated brackets, one at each side, said brackets being pivotally secured to the shelf at each side edge at a pivot point on the shelf intermediate the length of the bracket, and each bracket having formations at the rear end for engaging a support,

positioning means mounted at the side edges of the shelf and adjacent the rear ends of the brackets for engaging the bracket thereat for securing the shelf upper surface in predetermined horizontal and multiple inclined positions,

and manually operable adjustment means in a direction substantially normal to the shelf side edges on said shelf for moving said positioning means out of engagement with said brackets to facilitate movement of said shelf upper surface among said predetermined horizontal and inclined positions, and for moving said positioning means into engagement with said brackets to secure said shelf upper surface in one of said predetermined positions.

2. The shelving assembly of claim 1, and wherein said adjustment means comprises a handle means movably mounted on the bottom of said shelf for movement in opposite directions, and locator rods mounted on the bottom of the shelf, one end of said locator rods being movable with said handle means and the other end mounting said positioning means.

3. The shelving assembly of claim 2, and wherein said brackets define multiple openings adjacent the rear end thereof, each of said openings being substantially equidistant from the pivot point, said openings being adapted to receive the positioning means, thereby to selectively secure said shelf upper surface in one of said predetermined positions.

4. The shelving assembly of claim 2, and wherein said locator rods are secured to said handle means at one end of said locator rods, and whereby when the handle means is moved in one direction, said positioning means are moved out of engagement with the brackets and when the handle means is moved in the opposite direction, the positioning means are moved into engagement with the brackets.

5. The shelving assembly of claim 4, and wherein the handle means defines camming slots, and is mounted for movement on said shelf in directions parallel to the side edges of the shelf, and wherein said one end of each of said locator rods engages in a camming slot in said handle means.

6. The shelving assembly of claim 2, and wherein said brackets define multiple openings adjacent their rear ends for receiving said positioning means.

7. The shelving assembly of claim 6, and further including cooperating means on said elongate shelf and said brackets for permitting said shelf, when said positioning means are out of engagement with said openings, to be slid forwardly between a forward stocking position and a rear merchandising position which maintains said shelf in said horizontal position.

8. The shelving assembly of claim 7, and wherein said cooperating means comprise a longitudinal slot in each said bracket and a projection on each side of said shelf located near the rear edge of said shelf, and disposed in a said slot.

9. The shelf assembly of claim 8, and wherein said pivot points comprise a pin on each side of said shelf, each said pin being disposed in one of said slots, said projections and said pins providing two-point supports for said shelf in its forward stocking position.

10. The shelf assembly of claim 8, and wherein each said bracket defines an arcuate slot segment at the rearward end of said longitudinal slot, whereby when said shelf is in a merchandising position and said positioning means is moved out of engagement with said openings, the slot segments, in cooperation with the projections positively limits the range of movement of the shelf about said pivot point.

11. A shelving assembly adapted to be removably mounted on, and to be suspended from, supports comprising,

an elongated shelf having an expansive upper merchandising surface, and back, side and front edges, and a bottom,

a pair of elongate brackets, one at each side edge, secured to the shelf,

said brackets having formations for engaging supports at the rear of the brackets,

pivot means spaced from the rear of the brackets pivotally securing said brackets to said shelf, whereby said shelf may pivot thereat between a horizontal and selectable inclined upper surface merchandising positions, and

releasable adjustment means on said shelf and said brackets adjacent one end of the brackets for locking said shelf means in a selected merchandising position, comprising a plurality of openings in the rear ends of the brackets and engaging means mounted on said shelf which are movable substantially normal to the shelf side edges into and out of engagement with selected ones of said openings.

12. A shelving assembly in accordance with claim 11 and further comprising manually operable movable handle means mounted on said shelf and secured to said engaging means for moving said engaging means into and out of engagement with selected ones of said openings.

13. A shelving assembly in accordance with claim 11, and wherein said brackets define longitudinal slots and said shelf mounts a projection disposed in said slot, whereby said shelf may be moved forwardly relative to the brackets from the selected merchandising position to a forward horizontal stocking position, and wherein said projection and pivot means are spaced apart to cooperate in supporting said shelf in said forward horizontal stocking position.