Shelving assembly having an adjustable bridge shelf

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11026510-B2
Application number	US-202016899275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2020
Priority date	Nov 7, 2018
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A closet organizer assembly has a first tower unit and a second tower unit, each tower unit having a plurality of shelves separated by vertical posts, each tower unit also having a plurality of top vertical posts, and a cantilevered shelf removably connected to the plurality of top vertical posts, with each cantilevered shelf having a border wall that includes a plurality of border wall openings. The assembly also includes a bridge shelf having a left end that is removably connected to the cantilevered shelf of the first tower unit, and a right end that is removably connected to the cantilevered shelf of the second tower unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A closet organizer assembly, comprising:
a first tower unit and a second tower unit, each tower unit having a plurality of shelves separated by vertical posts, each tower unit having a plurality of top vertical posts, and wherein the plurality of shelves in each tower unit includes a connecting shelf removably connected to the plurality of top vertical posts, each connecting shelf having at least one border wall having a plurality of border wall openings;
a bridge shelf having a left end, a right end, and a central shelf section and having a front border frame and a rear border frame, each border frame defining a plurality of border frame openings; and
a first connector assembly that removably connects the left end of the bridge shelf to the connecting shelf of the first tower unit, and a second connector assembly that removably connects the right end of the bridge shelf to the connecting shelf of the second tower unit, with each connector assembly having at least one rod that extends through an aligned pair of one border wall opening and one border frame opening.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein each connector assembly comprises a front plate having at least one rod, and a rear plate having an opening through the rod extends.

3. A closet organizer assembly, comprising:
a first tower unit and a second tower unit, each tower unit having a plurality of shelves separated by vertical posts, each tower unit having a plurality of top vertical posts, and wherein the plurality of shelves in each tower unit includes a connecting shelf removably connected to the plurality of top vertical posts, each connecting shelf having at least one border wall that includes a plurality of border wall openings;
a bridge shelf having a left end that is removably connected to the connecting shelf of the first tower unit, and a right end that is removably connected to the connecting shelf of the second tower unit; and
a hanging rod having a first end that is connected to one of the plurality of shelves in the first tower unit, and a second end that is connected to one of the plurality of shelved in the second tower unit, with the hanging rod positioned below the connecting shelved; and
wherein the bridge shelf further includes a central shelf section and having a front border frame and a rear border frame, each border frame defining a plurality of border frame openings.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , further including a first connector assembly that removably connects the left end of the bridge shelf to the connecting shelf of the first tower unit, and a second connector assembly that removably connects the right end of the bridge shelf to the connecting shelf of the second tower unit, with each connector assembly having at least one rod that extends through an aligned pair of one border wall opening and one border frame opening.

5. The assembly of claim 4 , wherein each connector assembly comprises a front plate having at least one rod, and a rear plate having an opening through the rod extends.

6. A closet organizer assembly, comprising:
a first tower unit and a second tower unit, each tower unit having a plurality of shelves separated by vertical posts, each tower unit having a plurality of top vertical posts, and wherein the plurality of shelves in each tower unit includes a connecting shelf removably connected to the plurality of top vertical posts, each connecting shelf having at least one border wall having a plurality of border wall openings;
a bridge shelf having a horizontal central shelf section, a left end, and a right end, with the central shelf section having a front edge and a rear edge, the bridge shelf further including a front vertical border frame provided along the front edge and a rear vertical border frame provided along the rear edge;
wherein the front border wall is adapted to slide along and be retained interior to the front vertical border frame, and the rear border wall is adapted to slide along and be retained interior to the rear vertical border frame; and
wherein the left end is removably connected to the connecting shelf of the first tower unit, and the right end that is removably connected to the connecting shelf of the second tower unit.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein each border frame is C-shaped and defines a rail track.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein each border frame has two horizontal strips and a vertical bordering wire.

9. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the bordering wire has a boundary, and a zig-zag wire is housed inside the boundary of the bordering wire and defining border frame openings.

10. The assembly of claim 6 , further including a hanging rod having a first end that is connected to one of the plurality of shelves in the first tower unit, and a second end that is connected to one of the plurality of shelves in the second tower unit, with the hanging rod positioned below the connecting shelves.

11. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein each border frame defines a plurality of border frame openings, and the border wall of each connecting shelf have a plurality of border wall openings, the assembly further including a first connector assembly that removably connects the left end of the bridge shelf to the connecting shelf of the first tower unit, and a second connector assembly that removably connects the right end of the bridge shelf to the connecting shelf of the second tower unit, with each connector assembly having at least one rod that extends through an aligned pair of one border wall opening and one border frame opening.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein each connector assembly comprises a front plate having at least one rod, and a rear plate having an opening through the rod extends.

Assignees

• Seville Classics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Gary
• Sokol James

Classifications

• A47B47/022

  with cantilever shelves · CPC title

• A47B87/008

  Rectangular cabinets or racks in a side-by-side arrangement · CPC title

• A47B47/027

  with frames only (A47B47/0058 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47F5/14

  Tubular connecting elements for wire stands {(connections for rods or tubes in general F16B7/00)} · CPC title

• A47B47/021

  Racks or shelf units (A47B47/03 takes precedence) · CPC title