US 11,998,125 B2
Retail merchandise shelving system
Jamie A. Smedley, Hudson, OH (US); and William J. Mertz, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Fasteners for Retail, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed by Fasteners for Retail, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,426.
Application 18/096,426 is a continuation of application No. 17/231,501, filed on Apr. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,583,110.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/014,395, filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147456 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47F 5/10 (2006.01); A47B 57/40 (2006.01); A47F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 5/101 (2013.01) [A47B 57/40 (2013.01); A47F 5/0018 (2013.01); A47F 5/0043 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shelf arrangement comprising:
a first upright including a first column of slots formed in a front face thereof;
a second upright including a second column of slots formed in a front face thereof;
a first bracket including:
a first support section, a first mounting section and a first transition section, the first bracket defining a first side and an opposed second side, the first transition section laterally offsetting the first mounting section from the first support section, the first mounting section is configured to mount the first bracket to the first upright;
the first support section including:
a first vertical flange portion;
a first top flange portion extending from the first side of the first bracket in a direction the first transition section offsets the first support section from the first mounting section;
a first bottom flange portion extending from the first side of the first bracket in the direction the first transition section offsets the first support section from the first mounting section, the first bottom flange portion being spaced apart from the first top flange;
a second bracket including:
a second support section, a second mounting section and a second transition section, the second bracket defining a first side and an opposed second side, the second transition section laterally offsetting the second mounting section from the second support section, the second mounting section is configured to mount the second bracket to the second upright;
the second support section including:
a second vertical flange portion;
a second top flange portion extending from the first side of the second bracket in a direction the second transition section offsets the second support section from the second mounting section;
a second bottom flange portion extending from the first side of the second bracket vertical flange portion in the direction the second transition section offsets the second support section from the second mounting section, the second bottom flange portion being spaced apart from the second top flange;
wherein the first side of the first bracket faces the second bracket; the first side of the second bracket faces the first bracket;
a first support bar extending laterally between the first support section of the first bracket and the second support section of the second bracket;
wherein a first end of the first support bar is attached to the first bracket vertically between the first top flange portion and the first bottom flange portion of the first bracket; and
wherein a second opposed end of the first support bar is attached to the second bracket vertically between the second top flange portion and the second bottom flange portion of the second bracket.