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Shelfandsupportarmassembly
Shelfandsupportarmassembly
BACKGROUNDOFTHEINVENTION
(1)FieldoftheInvention
Thepresentinventionrelatestoawireshelfandsupportarmassembly.Inparticular,thepresentinventionrelatestoawireshelfhavingasupportsurfaceformedbyapluralityofspatiallyarrangedlongitudinalwires,andasupportarmdesignedtobesuspendedbeneaththeshelfmembertofacilitatetheattachmentoftheshelfandsupportarmtoaverticalsurface,anddesignedtobeattachedtodifferentembodimentsoftheshelfmemberhavingdifferentspatialarrangementsoftheirpluralitiesoflongitudinalwires.
(2)DescriptionoftheRelatedArt
Variousdifferenttypesofwireshelfassembliesareknowninthepriorart.Thesepriorartassembliestypicallyincludeashelfmemberconstructedofpluralitiesofcrisscrossingwires.Thetypicalshelfmemberiscomprisedofafirstpluralityofparallel,longitudinallyextendingwireseachhavingoppositefrontandbackendsandeachbeingsubstantiallythesamelength.Thefirstpluralityofwiresarearrangedsidebyside,withasetlateralspacingbetweenadjacentwires.Atleastonebackwireextendslaterallybeneaththebackendsofthelongitudinalwiresandissecuredtoeachofthepluralityofwires.Atleastonefrontwireextendslaterallybeneaththefrontendsofthepluralityoflongitudinalwiresandisalsosecuredtoeachofthefrontendsofthepluralityofwires.Theconnectionbetweenthelaterallyextendingfrontandbackwiresandthepluralityoflongitudinallyextendingwiressecuresthelongitudinallyextendingwiresintheirlaterallyspacedrelationship.
Inmanydifferentpriorartwireshelfmembers,thelateralspacingsbetweentheadjacentlongitudinallyextendingwiresoftheshelfmembersisdifferent.Typicallyhowever,thepluralityoflongitudinallyextendingwiresarespacedlaterallyfromeachotherbyoneinchorone-halfinchspacings.
Theshelfsupportarmsofpriorartshelfassembliesareusuallyformedaselongaterodshavingoneendconfiguredtobeattachedtoaverticalsupportsurface,andanoppositeendconfiguredtobeattachedtoaforwardportionoftheshelfmember.Inassemblingapriorartshelfandsupportarmassemblytoaverticalsupportsurface,therearwardedgeorbackwireoftheshelfmemberisusuallyfirstsecuredtotheverticalsupportsurface.Theshelfmemberisthenheldhorizontalwhilethesupportarmisconnectedbetweenaforwardportionoftheshelfmemberandtheverticalsupportsurface.Intheassembledrelativepositionsoftheshelfmemberandsupportarm,theshelfmemberissecuredtotheverticalsupportsurfacealongitsrearwardedgeorbackwireandprojectshorizontallyoutwardfromtheverticalsupportsurface.Thesupportarmispositionedatananglerelativetotheundersideoftheshelfmember,witharearwardendofthesupportarmbeingsecuredtotheverticalsupportsurfaceandaforwardendofthesupportarmbeingsecuredinsomemannertoaforwardportionoftheshelfmember.
Manypriorartwireshelfandsupportarmassembliesaredisadvantagedinthatthecomponentpartsoftheassembliesarenotinterchangeablewithotherassemblies.Inmanypriorartshelfandsupportarmassembliesthelateralspacingbetweenthepluralityoflongitudinalwiresformingthesupportsurfaceoftheshelfrequiresthatthespecificsupportarmdesignedforusewiththeshelfbeusedinassemblingtheshelfandsupportarmtoaverticalsupportsurface.Inmanyapplications,theforwardendofthesupportarmengagesbetweenapairofthepluralityoflongitudinallyextendingwiresandthereforeisspecificallydimensionedtobeusedwithashelfhavingaspecificlateralspacingbetweenthepluralityoflongitudinallyextendingwires.Inthesetypesofpriorart-shelfassemblies,asupportarmhavingaforwardenddimensionedtoengagebetweenadjacentlongitudinalwiresofoneshelfmaynotworkwithashelfhavingapluralityoflongitudinalwiresspacedatadifferentlateralspacing.Foramanufacturerwhoproduceswireshelvesofvarioussizesandwithvariouslateralspacingsbetweenthelongitudinalwiresofthedifferentshelves,thenecessityofproducingaspecificsupportarmforeachofthedifferentshelvesdrivesupthecostsofproducingthedifferentshelfandsupportarmassemblies.
Manypriorartwireshelfandsupportarmassembliesarealsodisadvantagedinthattheyarerelativelydifficulttoassembletoaverticalsupportsurface.Assemblyoftheshelftothesupportsurfacerequiresthattherearwardedgeorthebackwireofthewireshelffirstbesecuredtothesupportsurface.Theshelfisthenheldinahorizontalorientationwhilethesupportarmissecuredbeneaththeshelfbetweenaforwardportionoftheshelfandtheverticalsupportsurface.Thisusuallyrequiresonepersontoholdtheshelfinitshorizontalorientationwhileasecondpersonpositionsthesupportarmbeneaththeshelf,engagingaforwardendofthesupportarmwithaforwardportionoftheundersideoftheshelfandattachingtherearwardendofthesupportarmtotheverticalsupportsurface.
Whatisneededtoovercometheabovesetforthdisadvantagesofpriorartwireshelfandsupportarmassembliesisawireshelfandsupportarmassemblywheretheforwardendofthesupportarmisspecificallyconfiguredtobeusedwithavarietyofdifferentwireshelveshavingdifferentlateralspacingsbetweenthepluralitiesoflongitudinalwiresoftheshelves.Whatisalsoneededisasupportarmhavingaforwardendthatcanbereleasablyattachedtotheforwardportionofthewireshelfandsuspendedfromtheshelfastherearwardendofthesupportarmispivotedbacktowardtheverticalsupportsurfaceandattachedtothesupportsurface,therebyfacilitatingtheattachmentoftheshelfandsupportarmassemblytothesupportsurface.
SUMMARYOFTHEINVENTION
Thepresentinventionprovidesashelfandsupportarmassemblycomprisingawireshelfandasupportarm,wherethesupportarmisspecificallyconfiguredtofacilitatetheattachmentoftheassemblytoaverticalsupportsurface,andtoenablethearmtobeusedwithdifferentwireshelfmembers.
Theshelfmemberoftheassemblyisconstructedofpluralitiesofcrisscrossingwires.Theshelfmemberincludesafirstpluralityofparallel,spatiallyarrangedlongitudinalwires.Eachofthepluralityoflongitudinalwireshasoppositefrontandbackends,andeachhassubstantiallythesamelongitudinallength.Thepluralityoflongitudinalwiresarearrangedwithasetlateralspacingbetweenadjacentwires.Thelateralspacingisafirstgivendistanceforoneembodimentoftheshelfmemberandasecondgivendistance,onehalfthefirstdistance,forasecondembodimentoftheshelfmember.
Atleastonesupportarmisemployedintheassemblytosecureandsupporttheshelfmembertoaverticalsupportsurface.Thesupportarmisanelongatememberhavingoppositeforwardandrearwardends,withtherearwardendbeingconfiguredtobeattachedtotheverticalsupportsurface.Theforwardendofthesupportarmisformedwithapairofprojectinghookmembersspacedlaterallyfromeachother.Supportshouldersurfacesareformedontheforwardendofthesupportarmonoppositesidesofthepairofhookmembers,andonesupportshouldersurfaceisformedbetweenandseparatesthepairofhookmembers.Together,thepairofhookmembershaveaoverallwidthdimensionthatenablesthepairofhookmemberstobeinsertedbetweenadjacentlongitudinalwiresofthefirstembodimentoftheshelfmemberwhereadjacentlongitudinalwiresareseparatedbythefirstgivendistance.Eachoftheindividualhookmembershasawidthdimensionchosentoenabletheindividualhookmemberstobeinsertedbetweenadjacentlongitudinalwiresoftheshelfmemberinthesecondembodimentoftheshelfmemberwherethewiresareseparatedbythesecondgivendistance,onehalfthefirstgivendistance.
BRIEFDESCRIPTIONOFTHEDRAWINGS
Furtherobjectsandfeaturesofthepresentinventionarerevealedinthefollowingdetaileddescriptionofthepreferredembodimentoftheinventionandinthedrawingfigureswherein:
FIG.1isasideelevationviewoftheshelfandsupportarmassemblyofthepresentinvention;
FIG.2isapartialfrontelevationviewofafirstembodimentoftheshelfandsupportarmassemblytakenalongtheline2--2ofFIG.1;
FIG.3isapartialsideelevationviewoftheshelfandsupportarmassemblytakenalongtheline3--3ofFIG.2;
FIG.4isapartialsideelevationview,insection,oftheshelfandsupportarmassemblytakenalongtheline4--4ofFIG.2;
FIG.5isapartialsideelevationviewoftheshelfandsupportarmassembly;
FIG.6isapartialperspectiveviewshowingtheforwardendofthesupportarmoftheshelfandsupportarmassembly;and
FIG.7isapartialfrontelevationviewofasecondembodimentoftheshelfandsupportarmassembly.
DESCRIPTIONOFTHEPREFERREDEMBODIMENTS
Theshelfandsupportarmassembly10ofthepresentinventionisshowninFIG.1.Theassemblyisbasicallycomprisedofawireshelf12andasupportarm14employedinsupportingtheshelfinahorizontalorientationfromaverticalsupportsurface16.Inthepreferredembodimentsoftheinvention,theshelf12andsupportarm14arebothconstructedofmetalbutmaybeconstructedofothermaterials.
Theshelf12isgenerallycomprisedofpluralitiesofcrisscrossingwires.Atopsupportsurfaceoftheshelfisformedbyapluralityofparallel,spatiallyarrangedlongitudinalwires18.Eachofthelongitudinalwires18hasarearwardend20andaforwardend22.AsseeninFIG.1,theforwardends22ofthelongitudinalwires18are