Adjustable zero-clearance shelving bracket and shelf assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional storage shelving systems lack additional clearance between shelves and under the bracket, and they do not provide sufficient load capacity or resistance to bending and tipping, while also requiring additional fasteners for installation.
Innovation Solution
The development of adjustable shelf mounting systems featuring a tube-like shelf bracket with integral hook-shaped fastening elements and a hollow tube-like support element, which allows for zero-clearance installation and high load capacity without additional fasteners, and includes a support strip with uniformly spaced holes for attachment to a support surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If traditional shelf brackets with elongated profiles are used, then structural support is provided, but clearance between the bracket and items on the shelf is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket transitions from a traditional 2D elongated profile to a 3D tube-like structure with hollow interior. This dimensional change allows the bracket to provide structural strength through its three-dimensional geometry while the hollow interior creates additional clearance space, resolving the contradiction between clearance and load capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket employs a composite structure combining a tube-like outer shell with internal reinforcing elements. This composite design enables the bracket to achieve high load capacity through the combined properties of different structural components while maintaining the clearance advantage of the tubular form.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional shelf brackets are used, then mounting is achieved, but additional fasteners are required
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting function and the support function are merged into a single integrated tube-like bracket structure. The bracket itself serves as both the mounting element and the support element, eliminating the need for separate fasteners and reducing installation complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The tube-like bracket performs multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support, creates clearance space, and serves as the mounting element itself. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components and fasteners needed, simplifying both manufacture and installation.
3Strength
If traditional shelf brackets are used, then attachment to support surface is achieved, but resistance to bending and tipping is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket evolves from a flat 2D profile to a 3D tube-like structure. This dimensional transformation inherently increases resistance to bending and tipping because the three-dimensional tubular geometry provides greater structural rigidity and moment of inertia against rotational forces.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a shelving system comprising a vertical surface and at least one shelving bracket, wherein the shelving bracket comprises a first projection in the form of an integral hook-shaped fastening element on the upper portion of one end of a bracket element; a second projection in the form of an aligning projection on the lower portion of said end of the bracket element; and a hollow tube-like support element, wherein the opposite end of the bracket element extends internally to one end of support element and toward the opposite end of the support element.