IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0740933
(2003-12-18)
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등록번호 |
US-7296697
(2007-11-20)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Costa,Frazer
- Ghiorghie,Radu
- Marchetta,Anthony
- Rodi,Gina
- Stitchick,David M.
- O'Brien,Sean
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
30 인용 특허 :
55 |
초록
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An organizer system has a length adjustable horizontal top rail, a plurality of length adjustable vertical uprights, and a plurality of mounting brackets attachable to the uprights. The mounting brackets are mounted to the uprights at any of multiple optional desired locations. One or more shelves a
An organizer system has a length adjustable horizontal top rail, a plurality of length adjustable vertical uprights, and a plurality of mounting brackets attachable to the uprights. The mounting brackets are mounted to the uprights at any of multiple optional desired locations. One or more shelves are mounted to the mounting brackets. The shelf width is adjustable to virtually any width from a minimum single shelf width by using two or more of the shelves. Storage accessories can be mounted to the system and can include shoe storage shelves, shoe storage racks, clothes hanging rods, vertical storage devices, and forwardly and rearwardly slidable storage devices.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A storage organizer system comprising: a width adjustable horizontal top rail, wherein the top rail includes a plurality of support rail segments, the support rail segments sized and shaped to permit a pair of the support rail segments to be overlapped to form a top rail havi
What is claimed is: 1. A storage organizer system comprising: a width adjustable horizontal top rail, wherein the top rail includes a plurality of support rail segments, the support rail segments sized and shaped to permit a pair of the support rail segments to be overlapped to form a top rail having a first length, and further to permit the pair of support rail segments to be abutted to form a top rail having a second length longer than the first length; a plurality of vertical uprights that are height adjustable and mounted spaced apart along the top rail; a plurality of mounting brackets each attached to one of the vertical uprights at selected locations; and a plurality of shelves, each of the plurality of shelves including at least one support wire defining a bottom of the shelf and extending along a width of the shelf, each shelf further including a plurality of transverse wires defining a support surface, the transverse wires extending along a depth of each shelf, the plurality of shelves supportable on the mounting brackets, wherein a first one of the shelves may be overlapped over a second one of the shelves to create a combined shelf having a combined shelf width, the combined shelf width adjustable between a first combined shelf width and a second combined shelf width, the first combined shelf width substantially equal to the width of the first one of the shelves, the second combined shelf width greater than the width of the first one of the shelves. 2. A storage organizer system according to claim 1, further comprising: at least two rod brackets, each suspended from a respective one of the mounting brackets, each rod bracket having an upwardly facing rod support at one end; and a width adjustable rod supported on the rod supports beneath at least one of the shelves. 3. A storage organizer system according to claim 1, wherein the vertical uprights include at least a plurality of upper segments and a plurality of supplemental segments, the upper segments each having a top end configured to connect to and suspend from the top rail and having a lower end, the supplemental segments each having one end configured to connect with and suspend from the lower ends of the upper segments. 4. A storage organizer according to claim 3, wherein the upper segments are of a different height than the supplemental segments. 5. A storage organizer system according to claim 1, wherein overlapped ones of the plurality of shelves form a shelf support surface of wires that lie all in the same plane. 6. A storage organizer system according to claim 1, further comprising: at least one storage accessory mounted to one or more selected ones of the vertical uprights and selected from an accessory group comprising a shoe storage shelf, a shoe storage rack, a clothes hanging rod, a vertical storage device, and a forward and rearward slidable storage device. 7. A storage organizer system according to claim 1, wherein the shelves are wire shelves and include a plurality of first wire shelves that can each overlap and nest with each of a plurality of second wire shelves. 8. A storage organizer system according to claim 1, wherein at the overlapped portion of the support rail segments an outer surface of a first support rail segment abuts a majority of an inner surface of a second support rail segment. 9. An adjustable organizer system comprising: a width adjustable top rail assembly mountable to a mounting surface; a plurality of vertical standards configured to suspend from the top rail at desired positions along the top rail; a plurality of first and second wire shelves mountable to the vertical standards, each of the shelves formed from a plurality of wires including a front wire and a rear wire extending a width of the shelves, and transverse wires extending a depth of the shelves, the first wire shelves configured to nest and overlap with the second wire shelves such that an assembled shelf can be adjustably and selectively arranged having a desired width from a minimum width of one of the first or the second wire shelves to a selected width larger than the minimum width by intermittently overlapping and nesting one or more of the first wire shelves with one or more of the second wire shelves; and a plurality of mounting brackets, each of the mounting brackets attached to one of the vertical uprights at selected locations and adapted to simultaneously engage the front wire and the rear wire of two or more overlapped shelves of the plurality of shelves in a common plane. 10. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of vertical standards are height adjustable. 11. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, further comprising: at least one storage accessory mountable to the vertical uprights and selected from an accessory group consisting of a shoe storage shelf, a shoe storage rack, a horizontal rod, a vertical storage device, and a forward and rearward slidable storage device. 12. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, wherein nested and overlapped ones of the plurality of shelves provide a shelf support surface formed of wires all lying generally in the same plane. 13. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, wherein the vertical standards further comprise: a plurality of upper segments with upper ends and lower ends, the upper ends each configured to hang the corresponding upper segment from the top rail; and a plurality of supplemental segments each with at least one end configured to connect with and hang from the lower ends of the upper segments. 14. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, wherein the top rail further comprises: a plurality of top rail segments, the top rail segments sized and shaped to permit a pair of the top rail segments to be overlapped to form a top rail having a first length, and further to permit the pair of top rail segments to be abutted to form a top rail having a second length longer than the first length; and a spacer segment sized to achieve a desired minimum distance for mounting the organizer system from an adjacent surface to the mounting surface, the spacer segment being shorter than the plurality of top rail segments. 15. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, wherein each of the mounting brackets further comprises: front and rear support surfaces on which corresponding front and rear portions of the shelves can rest, each of the front and rear support surfaces configured to support portions of either one shelf resting thereon or two overlapped shelves resting thereon; and a slidable locking clip captured in the bracket near the rear support surface, the locking clip having at least one locking tab and being slidable between a locked position wherein the at least one locking tab overlies a wire of each wire shelf resting thereon and an unlocked position creating vertical clearance above the rear support surface. 16. An adjustable organizer system according to claim 9, wherein the standards are each provided with apertures in a front surface thereof, and wherein the mounting brackets each have one or more mounting hooks configured to be inserted into selected ones of the apertures to mount the brackets. 17. An adjustable shelving unit comprising: a plurality of top rail segments mountable to a generally vertical surface and selectively mountable to a support surface in either an overlapping or an abutting relationship to achieve a top rail having a desired width greater than a width of any individual top rail segment; a plurality of vertical upright segments sized and shaped to be suspended from the top rail at a selected spacing, at least some of the plurality of vertical upright segments also configured to suspend from another one of the plurality of vertical upright segments suspended from the top rail to achieve a height selected from at least two different heights; a plurality of mounting brackets mountable to the vertical upright segments in selected apertures positioned spaced apart along the vertical upright segments; and a plurality of wire shelves mountable to the mounting brackets, each of the plurality of wire shelves configured to overlap with at least one other of the plurality of wire shelves to achieve a desired shelf width, wherein overlapped ones of the shelves provide a shelf support surface formed of shelf wires with each of the shelf wires lying generally within the same plane.
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