Acme General Corporation

Jerry L Bohannan

A combined shelf and clothes bar assembly is adapted for fastening to the walls of different sized clothes closets for supporting a shelf panel and a hanger bar that can both be cut to match the width of the closet. The assembly includes a pair of elongated front and rear edge cleats of generally E-shaped cross-section for being secured to the front and rear edges of the shelf panel. The edge cleats can be cut to match the length of the shelf panel. The edge cleats have elongated channels that slidably engage the front and rear edges of the shelf, and inwardly facing lower flanges spaced below the underside of the shelf. A pair of outer shelf support brackets have slots for slidably receiving opposite end portions of the shelf panel and the channel and lower flange portions of the edge cleats. A center support bracket supports the shelf panel. The center bracket has slotted front and rear edges for slidably engaging the lower flanges of the edge cleats so the center bracket can slide lengthwise along the lower flanges below the shelf panel. The outer shelf support brackets and the center support bracket carry hanger bar sockets spaced below the shelf panel. The hanger bar passes through the socket on the center support bracket and is inserted in the sockets on the outer support brackets for supporting the hanger bar below the shelf. The outer support brackets are fastened to the end walls of the closet and the center support bracket is fastened to a back wall of the closet. One end of a diagonal shelf brace snap locks into engagement with a socket on the center support bracket and an opposite end of the diagonal brace is fastened to the back wall of the closet for adding stiffness to the assembled shelf.

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Glendora, CA, United States of America

Jerry L Bohannan