US 12,144,424 B2
Floating shelf bracket
Kevin Anderson, Rexburg, ID (US)
Assigned to Silicate Studio Home, LLC, Rexburg, ID (US)
Filed by Silicate Studio Home, LLC, Rexburg, ID (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,717.
Application 18/094,717 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/972,352, filed on Oct. 24, 2022, granted, now 12,011,088.
Application 17/972,352 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/958,612, filed on Oct. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,723, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090667 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47B 96/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 96/061 (2013.01) [A47B 96/066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket for a floating shelf, the bracket comprising:
a solid plate with a planar back side configured to abut to a wall and a planar front side;
a plurality of circular apertures, each aperture extending through the solid plate from the planar front side of the solid plate and through the back side of the solid plate;
a plurality of rods secured to the solid plate and extending therefrom, with each rod having a proximal end received within a different one of the plurality of circular apertures;
the proximal ends of the plurality of rods being flush with the planar back side of the solid plate and configured to be substantially flush with the wall;
an array of bores extending through the solid plate and arranged in series and extending laterally from one lateral side of the solid plate to an opposite lateral side of the solid plate;
an array of slots extending through the solid plate and arranged in series and extending laterally from one lateral side of the solid plate to an opposite lateral side of the solid plate;
the bores and the slots of the arrays of bores and slots being interleaved;
an array of webs in the plate and interleaved between the array of slots and the array of bores; and
each bore having a width, each slot having a width, and each web having a width, a total of the widths of the bores and the slots being greater than a total of the widths of the webs.