Display shelf system

• US 5,682,824 A
• Filed: 01/29/1996
• Issued: 11/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RTC Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: RTC Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Visk, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US08/602,870
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 108/60, 108/61, 248/223.41, 248/298.1, 211/184, 211/43, 211/94, 40/642
• US Class Current: 108/60
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

A shelf system including a rail member and a plurality of shelf dividers. The shelf divider includes a longitudinally extending portion which has formed at its front end an integral flexible undulated C-shaped member disposed normal to the longitudinally extending portion. The divider includes at its front end a cutout whereby the divider and flexible member can be readily compressed so that the flexible member can be snap-fitted into channels formed by the rail member and the divider positioned relative thereto against accidental movement.

Claims

1. A shelf system comprising an elongated L-shaped rail member having a horizontal mounting foot and a vertical rail leg, said mounting foot being attachable to a shelf, upper and lower receiving channels integrally formed on the inner face of said rail leg, an elongated longitudinally extending divider panel having a front end portion, a C-shaped thin resilient member integral with and extending normal to and across the front end of the divider panel including an intermediate undulated portion and a cut-out defined by the front end of said panel defining a gap whereby said resilient member is resiliently compressible to permit the snap-fitting of said resilient member into said receiving channels for resiliently mounting said panel to said rail leg and being effective to maintain the panel in position by maintaining pressure against said vertical rail leg in said receiving channels.

2. A shelf system in accordance with claim 1 in which the width of the undulated portion is slightly greater than that of the channels to further assist in maintaining the C-shaped resilient member in position relative to the rail member.

3. A shelf system comprising an elongated rail member having a bottom mounting portion and an upper portion extending upwardly from the mounting portion, said mounting and upper rail portion together defining a generally L-shaped cross section for said rail member, said mounting portion being attachable to an upper surface of a shelf, the inner surface of said rail member defining upper and lower channel means, a divider member comprising an elongated longitudinally extending panel having a front end portion that defines a gap formed by a cut-out portion, a resilient connector means integral with the front end of the panel, which connector means extends across a major portion of the front end of the panel including the cut-out portion and is disposed normal to the panel, said connector means including an intermediate curved section and including transversely extending upper and lower portions positionable in said upper and lower channel means, said panel being configured to permit the upper and lower portions of the connector means to be resiliently compressed toward each other so that said upper and lower portions are snap-fittable into said channel means to operationally mount said divider member in a substantially vertical orientation and normal to said rail in which position the divider member is positively maintained in position relative to said rail member.