US1038813A - Shelf-support. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. YOUNG.

SHELF SUPPORT.

APPLIGAToN FILED AUG.25,1911.

Patented Sept. 17, 19.12.

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GEORGE W. YOUNG, OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHELF-SUPPORT.

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Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. il?, MM2.

Application led Aug-ust 25, 1911. Serial No. 645.957.

To all when t may concern Be it known that lGnoReF. W. YOUNG, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Swampseott., in the eonnty 'ot Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an mprovement in Sheltupports, of which the following is a speeilieation.

This invention relates to shelf-supports, especially adapted for knocked-down shelvv ing.

lt has 'for its object to Construct a shelfsnpport ot' a pair ot upright clamping-inembers, adapted to engage the front and rear edges of a. she-lt', and to be drawn toward eaeh other by suitable connecting means to elamp the shelf between them; also, to provide adjustable means for connecting the clamping-members together, whereby they may engage the front and rear edges ot' shelves of different Widths; also, to provide the upright Clampingmembers with opposing shelf-engaging' means at both upper and lower ends thereby to engage the front and rear edges of two shelvs, arranged one above the other, the lower shelf serving a support for the elampi11g-membersg also. to provide elaxnpi11g-members with shelf-en gaging means at its ends-made wide enough to engage the front and rear edges ot two adjacent shelves, arranged in the same plane, and end to end, sind which may abut together; also, more speeilieally, to provide the elaniping-inenibers with rabbeted ends to engage the front and rear edges ot the shelves and to connect said members to-v gether by suitable means wlxereby the shelves are clamped between them and thereby firmly held, either the upper ends ot the elalnpi11g-members or both the upper and lower ends thereol being rabbeted; also, to provideI for the employment of one or more bolts as a means for connecting the clamping-members together.

Figure l is a front elevation of a shelfn structure Comprising a Aplurality of shelfsupporls embodying this invention, and shelves supported by them. Fig. 52 is a. side elevation of theshelt-strneture shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation ot' one of the shelf-supports. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the shelf-support, ytaken aon dott-ed line 4 4 lili 3. Fif. 5 is a side i and in lief.

view of' a shelf-support, having modified means tor Connecting the members thereof together.

(L, o, represent the two clamping-members ot the shelf-support. They are made alike or substantially so, but adapted to be oppositely disposed when in use. They consist of upright bodies of any suitable shape and construction, although, herein shown, as

"curved in the direetion ofltheir length.

They have shelf-engaging means at their ends. The upper endsI ot the. Clamping 'members are. here, shown as rabbeted at of, b, and when oppositely disposed said rabheted ends engage the trent and rear edges ot' a shelt and thereby hold .it irnily. The recesses formed by rabheting the upper ends ot said members are shallow so that the. shoulders lf, extend upward and over'- lie the edges of the shelf for short distances only say one halt the tliielmess of the shell3 or less. derent to better enable them to engage the edges of the shell. The upper ends ot the elainping-members are also made wide enough to engage the front and rear edges of two adjacent shelves, see Fig'. The means here shown at the upper ends of the elannliingf-niexnl tor engaging the trout and rear edges ot a shell. or the front and rear edges ol' two adjaeent shelves, is simple, and eliieient'-, but the. invention is not limited to the. parlieular "onslrnelion of sheltengaging means here shown. lhe lower ends o' the "lanipinganenil ers are also here shown as rahbeted, at a?, if, like their upper ends.y and said lower rabbeled ends are adapted to engage the itroul and refL r edges of a shelf, or the iront f l rear e n `As ot two adjaeent. shelves, said :s iel or .shelves serv ing to support the. Clamping-members rl`he shelf-eng; ging meansl here shown at the loner ends ot 'the elanipingnnernhers is also simple and ellieient. ont in lieu thereof any other` means may he employed. 1.il11'pted to engage the 'front and rear edges of the shelf and :wil-ably support the elainphigvlnenibers. The two elan]ping-members are here. shown as drawn toward eaeh other to elanip the shelt' or shelves between them by one more bolts f'. ln Figs. to one bolt is shown 5 three halts are shown. Said.

The shoulders are preferably 11nll (l lill) bolt c may be of any suitable length according to the width of the shelf and not only serves as a means for connecting the clamping-members together and for holding them in clamping position, but, being adjustable,

provide for engaging shelves ot different membersof the shelf-support any othermeans may be employed having the capability of drawing the two clamping-members toward each other to clamp the shelf between them and'to hold them in clamping position. p I

lVhen assemblinga shelf-structure, such for' instance as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a

bottom shelf d isarranged on a suitable base, then two shelf-supports are arranged on said base,l side by side, and a shelf, as el', arranged on said supports, and lthe shelfsupports are then tightlyclamped in engagement with said shelves d and d. Then yas other shelf-supports and `helves are vadded until the structure is completed. As the shoulders formed by rabbeting, the upper and lower ends of the clamping-members extend only a short distance over the edges of the shelves several shelf-supports may be arranged one above the other, in vertical alinement, forming a stack of shelf-supports, and the greatest amount of unobstructedspace on the shelves is afforded.

The shelf-support embodying this invention provides for the production of a shelfstructure of any desired dimensions, 'and which may be increased or decreased at'will, and the clamping-members of the shelf-supports may be adjusted to compensate for .shrinkage of the shelves, so that the shelves will be rigidly held at all times. 1

I claim 1 1. lA ,shelf structure consisting of two pairs of upright clamping -'members, the members Vof each pair being arranged one in front of the other and having opposing shelf-engaging means at their upper ends to i l engage, respectively, the front and rear edges of a shelf, and means to connect the' members of eachv pair together and hold them in clamping position, substantially as described. 1

2. A shelf-structure consisting of two pairs iof upright clamping-members, the members of each pair being arranged one in front of the other and having opposing shelf-engaging meansv at their upper and lower ends to engage the' frontend rear edges of two shelves, and means to connect the members of each pair together 'and hold them inY clamping position, substantially as described.

3. fr shelf-structure consisting oimtwov pairs of upright clamping-members, the

members of each pair being arranged one in l Afront and rear. edges of a slielf between them, the upright shoulders of said rabbeted ends extendingshortdistances from the edges of the shelf, and means to connect said members together and hold them in clamping position, substantially as de'-l scribed.

5. A shelf-support consisting of a pair of upright clamping-members, said members having their upper and lower ends rabbeted to receive a. shelf between them, the upright shoulders of said rabbeted ends eX- tending but a short distance over the edge of the shelves, whereby several shelf-supports may be arranged in vertical alinement, and means for connecting said members together and for holdingA them in clamping position, substantially as described.

6. A shelf-support consisting of a Vpair of upright clamping-members, said members having opposingv shelf-engaging means at their upper ends and being curved in a direction toward each other at the waist, and one `or more bolts connecting said members at the waist andfor holding them in clamping position; substantially as described'.

7. A shelf-structure composed of a plurality of pairs of shelf-supports arranged one above the other, each Ashelf-support comprising'a pair of upright Vclamping-members having their upper and lower ends rabbeted Ato receive a shelf Abetween them, and means to 'connect the members of each pair together and hold them in clamping position, substantially as described.

8. A shelfestgjucture composed of a plurality vvoi" pairs of shelf-supports, arranged one above the other, each shelf-support comprising av pair of upright members havin opposing ,shelf-engaging means attheir up` per and lower ends, said shelf-engagin means exftending short dist ces over the edges bf the shelves, permitt' g vertical ar,

rangement of the shelf-supports, lsubstan-i tialliy as described. J, 9. A shelf-structure composed 'of a pl rality of pairs of shelf-supports, arranged one above the other, eaoh shelsupport comname to this speclication, in the presence of prislng a pau' of up'rlght members h avmg two subsorlbmg Wltnesses.

opposmg shelf-engagmg means n t then up-l 4 r per and lower ends and made Wlde enough c GEORGE 7' XOUNG 5 to engage the adjacent ends of two shelves, Vltnesses:

substantially as described. B. J. NoYEs, In testimony whereof, I have signed my H. B. DAVIS.

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