Haworth Mfg., Inc.

Ronald D Ten Elshof

Harold R Wilson

Richard G Haworth

A bracket for attaching a component to a slotted upright, which bracket includes one or more conventional downwardly-opening L-shaped hooks adapted for engagement with the slots of the upright. The bracket includes an integral locking element which is sufficiently resilient to snap into one of the slots when the bracket is properly seated to thereby indicate proper engagement of the bracket on the upright, and simultaneously prevent upward lifting of the bracket relative to the upright. The locking element comprises a vertically elongated cantilever spring having a slot-engaging projection at the outer end thereof. The locking element is integral with the bracket and formed of the same platelike material so as to be stiff yet slightly resilient, thereby ensuring positive seating of the locking projection within the slot when the bracket is properly seated on the upright.

End panel mount with safety lock

An attachment structure for mounting a furniture component, such as a work surface member, on the slotted uprights of a wall panel. The attachment structure is releasably engageable with both the slotted upright and the work surface member, such as a desk top. A hook-carrying support is releasably attached to the upright, and the support in turn has the work surface member releasably attached thereto. A latching device, as mounted on the support, automatically engages the slotted upright to fixedly lock the support thereto only when the work surface member is mounted on and properly engaged with the support. The latching device also causes the front edge of the work surface member to be locked down against the support.

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Grandville, MI, United States of America

Ronald D Ten Elshof