Combined shelving and clothes bar apparatus

Claim 2

A combination shelf and clothes bar apparatus comprising: a. shelving; b. a clothes bar having first keying means at its ends; c. a plurality of mounting devices each adapted to be fastened to a vertical supporting surface; d. supporting members carried by the mounting devices, said supporting members formed to support the ends of the shelving; and e. attaching means carried by the supporting members, each of said attaching means containing a socket, second keying means in the socket, and the ends of the clothes bar extending into the sockets with the first and second keying means cooperating to lock the bar in position beneath tHe shelving, wherein at least one of said mounting devices comprises a lower section of a pin strip containing a series of holes through which fasteners are adapted to be inserted into the vertical supporting surface, and the supporting member comprises an upper section of the pin strip that is offset inwardly from the lower section to receive an end of said shelving, a slot located in the strip at the juncture of the lower and upper sections, and said attaching means comprises a downwardly depending plate inserted through said slot, said plate containing said socket in its lower portion.

Claim 3

Apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the plate is T-shaped with its arms supported by the pin strip.

Claim 4

Apparatus as defined in claim 2, in which at least one tab on the plate engages an edge of the slot to prevent upward movement of the plate through the slot.

Claim 5

A combination shelf and clothes bar apparatus comprising: a. shelving; b. a clothes bar having first keying means at its ends; c. a plurality of mounting devices each adapted to be fastened to a vertical supporting surface; d. supporting members carried by the mounting devices, said supporting members formed to support the ends of the shelving; and e. attaching means carried by the supporting members, each of said attaching means containing a socket, second keying means in the socket, and the ends of the clothes bar extending into the sockets with the first and second keying means cooperating to lock the bar in position beneath the shelving, wherein at least one of said mounting devices comprises a wall bracket anchor having a channel extending vertically thereof, and the supporting member carried by the wall bracket anchor comprises a bracket having an upper section supporting an end of said shelving and a portion located at the rear of said bracket that fits said channel in the wall bracket anchor, said socket formed in the bracket and having the second keying means extending into said socket, the ends of the clothes bar extending into the sockets with the first and second keying means cooperating to lock the bar in position beneath the shelving.

Claim 6

A combination shelf and clothes bar apparatus comprising: a. shelving; b. a clothes bar having first keying means at its ends; c. a plurality of mounting devices each adapted to be fastened to a vertical supporting surface; d. supporting members carried by the mounting devices, said supporting members formed to support the ends of the shelving; and e. attaching means carried by the supporting members, each of said attaching means containing a socket, second keying means in the socket, and the ends of the clothes bar extending into the sockets with the first and second keying means cooperating to lock the bar in position beneath the shelving, wherein at least one of said mounting devices comprises a wall bracket anchor having a channel extending vertically thereof, and the supporting member carried by the wall bracket anchor comprises a bracket having an upper section supporting an end of said shelving and a portion located at the rear of said bracket that fits said channel in the wall bracket anchor, said socket formed in the bracket and having the second keying means extending into said socket, the ends of the clothes bar extending into the sockets with the first and second keying means cooperating to lock the bar in position beneath the shelving.

Claim 7

Apparatus as defined in claim 1, in which a resilient tongue member is located at the rear of said socket to engage the end of said clothes bar.

Claim 8

A combination shelf and clothes bar apparatus comprising: a. telescoping shelving; b. an extensible telescoping clothes bar having an inverted generally U-shaped cross section with keying slots at its ends; c. a pair of pin strips each having a lower section containing a series of holes through which fasteners are adapted to be inserted into a vertical supporting surface, an upper section of the strip offset from the lower section to receive an end of said shelving, and a slot located at the juncture of the lower and upper sections; d. a downwardly depending T-shaped plate inserted through the slot in each pin strip, said T-shaped plate containing a socket in its lower portion, a pair of first tabs extending into the socket, and the ends of the clothes bar being inserted into the sockets by squeezing its sides together which when released cause the tabs to enter the slots in the ends of the bar to lock it in position beneath the shelving.

Claim 9

A combination shelf and clothes bar apparatus comprising: a. telescoping shelving; b. an extensible telescoping clothes bar having an inverted generally U-shaped cross section with keying slots at its ends; c. a pair of pin strips each having a lower section containing a series of holes through which fasteners are adapted to be inserted into a vertical supporting surface, an upper section of the strip offset from the lower section to receive an end of said shelving, and a slot located at the juncture of the lower and upper sections; d. a downwardly depending T-shaped plate inserted through the slot in each pin strip, said T-shaped plate containing a socket in its lower portion, a pair of first tabs extending into the socket, and the ends of the clothes bar being inserted into the sockets by squeezing its sides together which when released cause the tabs to enter the slots in the ends of the bar to lock it in position beneath the shelving.

Claim 10

Apparatus as defined in claim 6 in which a resilient tongue member is located at the rear of said socket to engage the end of the clothes bar.

Claim 11

Apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein at least one second tab on the plate engages an edge of the slot to prevent upward movement of the plate through the slot.

Claim 12

Apparatus as defined in claim 6 in which the U-shaped clothes bar includes two substantially U-shaped convexly arcuate lip portions defining a channel therebetween, the edges of the lip portions lying in a common horizontal plane to support hanger glides slidably carried in the channel.

Claim 13

Apparatus as defined in claim 6 in which a wall bracket anchor having a channel extending vertically thereof is fastened to a vertical supporting surface, a bracket having a rear portion that fits the anchor channel to secure the bracket intermediate the pin strips, an upper section of the bracket supporting the shelving intermediate its ends, a socket formed in the bracket, a pair of tabs extending into the socket, keying slots in the clothes bar intermediate its ends, the clothes bar being received and locked in the bracket socket by the tabs and keying slots to support the clothes bar at a point intermediate its ends.

Claim 14

In expandable shelving apparatus, telescoping shelving, a pair of pin strips each having a lower section containing a series of holes through which fasteners are adapted to be inserted into a vertical supporting surface, an upper section of the strip offset from the lower section to receive an end of said shelving, and a slot located at the juncture of the lower and upper sections adapted to receive selectively a support device.

Claim 15

In expandable shelving apparatus, telescoping shelving, a pair of pin strips each having a lower section containing a series of holes through which fasteners are adapted to be inserted into a vertical supporting surface, an upper section of the strip offset from the lower section to receive an end of said shelving, and a slot located at the juncture of the lower and upper sections adapted to receive selectively a support device.

Claim 16

Apparatus as defined claim 11, in which a support bracket adapted to be fastened to a vertical supporting surface is located intermediate said pin strips and engaging said shelving to provide additional support for said shelving.