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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Janet M. Sofy, Troy, MI (US);
Robert T. Solomon, Ray, MI (US);
Assignee:
HMS Mfg. Co., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 5/08 ;
Abstract
The shelf is placed in the storage or shipping position shown in FIG. with the projections disposed in the grooves behind the flanges and engaging the bottoms of the embossments. To prevent the shelf from swinging outwardly, the tabs overlap and are retained behind the fingers . A wrapper may be placed around the components and for shipping and display in a retail store. The user would remove the shelf from the stored position and slide the tongues into the grooves (as shown in FIG. ) until the covers engage the tops for supporting the shelf in the cantilevered position (as shown in FIG. ).