Pin mount shelf divider

• US 5,148,927 A
• Filed: 08/07/1991
• Issued: 09/22/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Fast Mind LLC
• Original Assignee: Fast Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Gebka, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAN, KO HUNG
• Application Number:
  US07/741,656
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: 211/184, 211/43, 108/60, 108/61
• US Class Current: 211/184
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

A shelf divider is designed for use on a shelf having rows of apertures extending along the front and back of the shelf. The divider is made of plastic sheet with a vertical divider panel and a horizontal attachment panel. A tongue at the front end of the attachment panel is inserted in a selected aperture at the front of the shelf. A perforation in the attachment panel aligned with the tongue is positioned to overlie a corresponding aperture at the back of the shelf. To releasably attach the divider to the shelf, a push-in plastic pin is inserted in the perforation and corresponding aperture. The divider is formed with tongues and perforations at both ends to make it reversible.

Claims

1. A shelf divider of sheet material comprising an elongate divider panel, an elongate attachment flange extending substantially perpendicularly from the divider panel, a single first tongue at a first end of the attachment flange, a first perforation in the attachment flange adjacent a second end of the attachment flange opposite said first end and aligned with the first tongue, a single second tongue at the second end of the attachment flange laterally offset from said first tongue, and a second perforation in the attachment flange adjacent the first end and aligned with the second tongue.

2. A shelf divider as claimed in claim 1, including a fold line between the divider panel and the attachment flange.

3. A shelf divider as claimed in claim 1 including a third perforation in the attachment flange adjacent the first perforation and aligned with the first tongue and a fourth perforation in the attachment flange adjacent the second perforation and aligned with the second tongue.