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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Thomas Dickinson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Scott Holmberg, Ballwin, MO (US);
Continental Commercial Products, 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 peripheral rim that extends along at least a portion of the length of the shelf. The shelf has at least one internal lateral support member extending generally perpendicularly to the rim. The shelf anchor includes a base and a shelf-retainer. The base is adapted to be mounted to the wall. The shelf-retainer extends from the base. A retaining portion of the shelf-retainer is spaced from a front side of the base to define a rim-receiving recess between the base and the retaining portion of the shelf-retainer. The shelf anchor is positioned relative to the shelf so that at least a portion of the peripheral rim is received within the rim-receiving recess in a manner to prevent the shelf from moving outwardly from the wall when the shelf anchor is mounted to the wall. The shelf-retainer includes a lateral positioner. The shelf anchor is positioned relative to the shelf so that at least a portion of the lateral support member engages with the positioner in a manner to prevent sideways movement of the shelf relative to the wall when the shelf anchor is mounted to the wall.