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A metal shelf lock, formed of metal for extra strength, and of improved construction is disclosed for securing shelves both vertically and horizontally in cabinets and the like. The shelf lock includes a unitary body formed of stainless steel, tempered steel, heat treated steel, spring steel, alumin

A metal shelf lock, formed of metal for extra strength, and of improved construction is disclosed for securing shelves both vertically and horizontally in cabinets and the like. The shelf lock includes a unitary body formed of stainless steel, tempered steel, heat treated steel, spring steel, aluminum, brass or the like into essentially an L-shaped frame. The frame features an upright section and a horizontal section, with a flexible portion depending at an angle from the upright section and terminating in a tab. A hollow peg is formed in the upright section at about midway thereof and in operative association with the tab. The peg extends from the upright section in a direction opposed yet parallel to the horizontal section and at a distance less than the horizontal section. The hollow peg frictionally retains the metal shelf in a wall socket and is designed to receive the tab when the flexible portion is flexed by a shelf toward the upright section. With the shelf coming to rest on the horizontal section of the L-shaped frame, the tab is urged by the flexible portion into locking engagement with an edge of the shelf. Preferably, the upper parts of the upright section and of the flexible portion feature complementary and contiguous cutouts, the size of which affects the flexing of the flexible portion.

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A metal shelf lock comprising: (a) a unitary body formed of a metal and having an L-shaped frame; (b) said L-shaped frame including an upright section and a horizontal section; (c) a flexible portion connecting at an angle to said upright section and provided with a tab at its free end; and (d) a ho

A metal shelf lock comprising: (a) a unitary body formed of a metal and having an L-shaped frame; (b) said L-shaped frame including an upright section and a horizontal section; (c) a flexible portion connecting at an angle to said upright section and provided with a tab at its free end; and (d) a hollow peg formed in said upright section in operative association with said tab and extending from said upright section in a direction opposed yet parallel to said horizontal section; (e) said upright section being confined between edges which converge in a direction away from said horizontal section.