Adjustable shelf support assembly computer work station

• US 5,791,259 A
• Filed: 04/04/1997
• Issued: 08/11/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BW Incorporated
• Original Assignee: BW Incorporated
• Inventors: Wood, Ronald L. Jr., Mansfield, Michael T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V.
• Application Number:
  US08/833,283
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 108/3, 108/4, 108/6, 108/50.01, 108/147.11, 108/147.21, 108/106, 108/107, 248/917, 248/918, 312/223.3, 312/21, 312/195, 312/208.1, 312/312
• US Class Current: 108/6
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/02 with vertical adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0002 Corner desk
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/04 with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/10 the grooved or notched parts being the side walls or uprights themselves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/002 Combination of tables; Linking or assembling means therefor

Abstract

An adjustable shelf support assembly comprises a first side body, a second side body, a support member extending between and secured to the side bodies, and a shelf. The shelf has a pair of support brackets attached to its underside surface. The support brackets each have a pair of aligned openings, each opening defining an open vertical channel adjacent a plurality of downwardly extending fingers and a plurality of seating apertures neighboring said downwardly extending fingers. The support brackets are capable of a selective and removable mounting of the seating apertures upon the support member to thereby adjust the vertical setting of the shelf or to tilt the shelf.

Claims

1. An adjustable shelf support assembly comprising

a first side body and a second side body;

a support member extending between and secured to said first and second side bodies;

a shelf;

a pair of support brackets attached to said shelf, each of said support brackets having a pair of aligned openings, each opening defining a vertical channel adjacent a plurality of downwardly extending fingers and a plurality of seating apertures neighboring said downwardly extending fingers, each of said vertical channels defining a cooperative opening which is moveable upon movement of said support brackets to accommodate a selected and removable seating of a selected horizontally aligned or horizontally unaligned pair of said seating apertures upon said support member to thereby adjust a vertical setting of said shelf or to tilt said shelf.

2. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 1 wherein said pair of support brackets are attached to an underside surface of said shelf.

3. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 1 wherein said first side body and said second side body each have at least one pair of horizontally aligned apertures and said support member is dimensioned to cooperatively and removably seat within said apertures of said side bodies.

4. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 3 wherein said support member comprises a plate having a body section including a left side portion, a right side portion, and a pair of extension members at each of said side portions of said body section, said extension members being dimensioned to cooperatively and removably seat within said apertures of said side bodies.

5. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 3 wherein said first side body and said second side body each have a plurality of pairs of horizontally aligned apertures which are vertically aligned to provide multiple locations for seating of said support member.

6. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 1 wherein said downwardly extending fingers terminate into an inwardly extending flange.

7. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 1 wherein said first side body and said second side body comprise a pair of second support brackets, each of said second support brackets being attached to a table.

8. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 7 wherein said pair of second support brackets are attached to an underside surface of said table.

9. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 7 wherein each of said second support brackets has a pair of aligned openings, each opening defining a vertical channel adjacent a plurality of upwardly extending fingers and a plurality of seating apertures neighboring said upwardly extending fingers.

10. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 9 further including a keyboard shelf supported by said second support brackets.

11. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 7 wherein said table includes at least one support leg supporting said table.

12. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 1 wherein said first side body and said second side body comprise opposed side walls.

13. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 12 further including pair of second support brackets, one of each of said pair of second support brackets being attached to one of each of said side walls.

14. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 13 wherein each of said second support brackets has a pair of aligned openings, each opening defining a vertical channel adjacent a plurality of upwardly extending fingers and a plurality of seating apertures neighboring said upwardly extending fingers.

15. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 14 further including a keyboard shelf, a pair of keyboard shelf hangers removably attached to said keyboard shelf, each of said vertical channels defining a cooperative opening which accommodates a movement of said keyboard shelf hangers to achieve a selected and removable seating of said keyboard shelf hangers within a selected pair of said seating apertures to thereby adjust the vertical setting of said keyboard shelf relative said second support brackets.

16. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 12 wherein said opposed side walls include wheels at a bottom edge thereof.

17. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 12 wherein said opposed side walls border a base surface extending therebetween.

18. The adjustable shelf support assembly of claim 17 wherein said base surface supports one or more dividing walls disposed between said opposed side walls to compartmentalize the space between said opposed side walls.