Wall bracket and its support

Claim 1

In an adjustable support for a shelf or the like comprising the combination of a vertical, lipped box channel and a bracket frictionally held in the inner space of said channel, wherein said channel is of uniform cross section and comprises a rear wall, two side walls and two frontal lips defining an open slit of uniform width between the inner edges of said lips, the improvement comprising: said bracket, having a rear end and a front end, being formed of a T-section with its flange uppermost in substantially horizontal position and with its web in substantially vertical position, the thickness of said flange and of said web being less than the width of said open slit in said box channel, said flange being divided into a shelf-supporting section at its front end positioned outside of said channel, and a connector section at its front end positioned inside said channel, said sections being joined by a neck portion positioned in said slit of said channel of smaller height and width than said slit, said neck portion being formed by two recesses cut into opposite sides of said flange at a distance from the rear end, said neck portion being further defined by a cut-out in said web extending forwardly from the rear end of said web to a point outwardly of said channel lips, the portion of said flange above said cut-out defining a connector section, the lower edge portion of said web below said cut-out being shaped to form a substantially horizontal spike adapted to be forced, by a load on the shelf-supporting section, against the inner surface of said channels rear wall, said spike being also provided with at least one stop element projecting laterally from one side of said spike, being rigid therewith and positioned within the inner space of said channel adjacent the inner face of one of the lips, the combined width of said web and said stop element being less than the width of said slit between said channel lips, so as to permit its passage therethrough.