Bracket release mechanism
View Patent ↗A storage system including a shelf-bracket and a panel having a plurality of spaced perforations. The shelf-bracket includes a substantially circumferential flange and a receptacle portion for receiving an end edges of a shelf. An upper panel-catch and a lower panel-catch project outwardly from a side of the circumferential flange in aligned spaced relation to one another. Each of the upper panel-catch and the lower panel-catch have a lock-tab projecting toward an outer surface of the circumferential flange. A pull-release latch is provided that includes a cantilevered beam having a tab projecting outwardly from a free end so as to engage a portion of a perforated panel adjacent to the lower panel-catch, with a trigger disposed within a void defined by a recessed wall.
1. A shelf-bracket to be supported upon a panel having a plurality of spaced perforations comprising:
a substantially circumferential flange and a receptacle portion for receiving an end edges of a shelf;
an upper panel-catch and a lower panel-catch projecting outwardly from a side of said circumferential flange in aligned spaced relation to one another, each of said upper panel-catch and said lower panel-catch having a lock-tab projecting toward an outer surface of said circumferential flange; and
a pull-release latch comprising a cantilevered beam including a tab projecting outwardly from a free end so as to engage a portion of said perforated panel adjacent to said lower panel-catch, and a trigger disposed within a void defined by a recessed wall, wherein said cantilevered beam is arranged in spaced relation to a recessed wall.
2. A shelf-bracket according to claim 1 wherein said pull-release latch includes a pull-release cantilever that projects from an end of a wall.
3. A shelf-bracket according to claim 2 wherein a pull-release tab is positioned at a free end of said pull-release cantilever.
4. A shelf-bracket according to claim 3 wherein a recessed wall of said shelf-bracket is positioned in spaced relation to said pull-release cantilever, so as to provide a recess into which pull-release cantilever may deflect.
5. A shelf-bracket according to claim 4 wherein said trigger is disposed within the void defined by said recessed wall so as to be accessible by a finger or other actuator.
6. A shelf-bracket to be supported upon a panel having a plurality of spaced perforations comprising:
a central wall having a receptacle portion for receiving an end edge of a shelf;
an upper panel-catch and a lower panel-catch projecting outwardly from an edge of said wall in aligned spaced relation to one another, each of said upper panel-catch and said lower panel-catch having a lock-tab projecting toward an outer edge of said wall, and further wherein a socket is defined adjacent to said lower panel-catch by said recessed portion of said wall; and
a modular pull-release latch positioned within said socket, and comprising a cantilevered beam including a tab projecting outwardly from a free end so as to engage a portion of said perforated panel adjacent to said lower panel-catch, and a trigger disposed within a void defined by said recessed portion of said wall and said modular pull-release latch, wherein said modular pull-release latch includes a bottom wall, a rear wall, and a top wall joined so as to define a void, and a pull-release cantilever arranged in spaced relation to said rear wall.
7. A shelf-bracket according to claim 6 wherein each of said bottom wall and said rear wall define a central recessed groove running along a central portion of an outer surface that is sized to receive a portion of said edge of said wall.
8. A shelf-bracket according to claim 7 wherein said recessed groove continues along said outer surface of said top wall between stops located within said recessed groove on said bottom wall and said top wall.
9. A shelf-bracket according to claim 8 wherein each of said stops includes a ramp located with an adjoin portion of said recessed groove.
10. A shelf-bracket according to claim 9 wherein a secondary groove extends from each stop through an end of said top wall and said bottom wall.
11. A shelf-bracket according to claim 10 wherein said pull-release cantilever projects from an end of said top wall, and includes an anti-dislodgement tab projecting outwardly from an outer surface adjacent to a free end.
12. A shelf-bracket according to dam 11 wherein said trigger is disposed within the void defined by said recessed wall so as to be accessible by a finger or other actuator.
13. A shelf-bracket according to claim 10 wherein said socket is defined by an inner edge of said central wall so as to be complementary with said modular pull-release latch.
14. A shelf-bracket according to claim 13 wherein said inner edge also defines confronting receptacle notches and located within said socket, and wherein said inner edge comprises a thickness that is complementary to said recessed groove.
15. A shelf-bracket according to claim 14 wherein said modular pull-release latch may be arranged within said socket such that said recessed groove receives a portion of said inner edge.
16. A shelf-bracket according to claim 15 wherein said stops are received within notches.