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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Thomas Dickinson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Scott Holmberg, Ballwin, MO (US);
Contico International LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A shelving unit comprises a shelf and a shelf anchor for securing the shelf to an adjacent wall. The shelf has a generally vertical peripheral rim. The shelf anchor includes a base and a shelf retainer. The base has opposite front and rear sides. The rear side of the base has a wall-engaging portion adapted for flush engagement with the wall. The shelf retainer has a bridge portion and a shelf-retaining portion. The bridge portion extends outwardly from the front side of the base. The shelf-retaining portion extends generally vertically from a distal end of the bridge portion. The shelf-retaining portion is spaced from the front side of the base to define a rim-receiving recess between the front side of the base and the shelf-retaining portion. The shelf retainer is positioned relative to the shelf so that at least a portion of the peripheral rim is received within the rim-receiving recess. The rim is received within the recess in a manner to prevent the shelf from moving outwardly from the wall when the shelf anchor is mounted to the wall.