Floating metal shelf and mounting bracket

摘要

An embodiment of a floating shelf and mounting bracket provides two parts, a hollow metal shelf and a bracket. The metal shelf includes five enclosed sides. The metal shelf back side that mounts to a planar surface is partially open creating an integral mounting tab surface that allows the metal shelf to simply be lowered onto an offset upward bend of the mounting bracket that is attached to the planar surface, providing a quick and secure mounting method of the shelf without any visible brackets or hardware. An alternate embodiment includes notched openings in the metal shelf back side sized to receive and engage spacer posts on the mounting bracket upward bend for further lateral shelf stability.

主权项

1. A floating shelf and mounting bracket assembly, comprising, in combination:
a) a hollow shelf comprising: five enclosed rectangular sides, namely equal sized enclosed top and bottom sides, equal sized enclosed end sides, and an enclosed front side; a partially enclosed rectangular back side comprising a back side top edge length conjoined to a top side rear edge length, two back side edge lengths conjoined to equal sized length portions of a rear edge for each end side and an open back side bottom edge portion providing a uniformly spaced and sized mounting edge running an entire hollow shelf back side bottom length; b) a mounting bracket comprising a length equal to the hollow shelf back side length, an uniform base comprising a plurality of even spaced apertures, and an integral offset bend orthogonal to the mounting bracket base and then extending upward parallel to, and at an uniform height from, the mounting bracket uniform base for the entire mounting bracket length, the integral offset bend sized to receive and hold the hollow shelf back side mounting edge between the upward portion of the integral offset bend and a planar surface; and c) fastening means for affixing the mounting bracket uniform base to the planar surface through the plurality of even spaced apertures; whereby once the hollow shelf back side has been positioned onto the mounting bracket offset bend, the hollow shelf back side is flush with the planar surface and load forces placed on the hollow shelf top surface are spread evenly between the mounting bracket and a rear edge of the hollow shelf bottom side that contacts the planar surface.