US20080000864A1 - Magnetic shelf unit for a locker - Google Patents
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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Abstract
A shelf unit for a metallic locker including at least one set of legs, and a first shelf lying horizontally in the metallic locker on top of the set of legs. Each leg set includes at least three legs having a foot at their bottom and a head at their top, at least one of the legs being magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker. A kit consisting of the components of the shelf unit is also provided.
Description
- This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 11/201,582, filed Aug. 11, 2005, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 10/999,877, filed on Nov. 30, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,971,529, issued Dec. 6, 2005).
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- The present invention is directed toward shelf units, and particularly toward shelf units usable in metal lockers.
- Lockers are widely used in a variety of places, including schools, airports, bus stations, etc. Some uses are relatively transient, short term or infrequent. For example, locker type structures may be used for long or short term storage by individuals, where access to the stored materials is only infrequently had. However, in many cases the lockers are used over a long period of time, with the user making frequent access to the locker. Schools are a common example where lockers are so used, with a student keeping a specific locker for an entire school year and going into their locker to place or retrieve items (e.g., books, coats, boots, etc.) multiple times each school day. Each locker may be used in that manner for decades by scores of different students. Of course, in such facilities where frequent use is expected over a period of years, the lockers are typically made of a suitable strong and durable material such as steel or other hard metals.
- While many school lockers will have, for example, a shelf at the top of the locker, many students using such lockers wish to have the ability to organize items in their locker to a greater extent than that single shelf may permit. Therefore, students have heretofore added their own shelf units at the bottom of their lockers. Such shelf units have been, for example, free standing structures which extend across less than the full width of the locker, where the structure is put into the locker fully assembled. Still other shelf units have been used which require assembly within the locker. While those shelf units have the advantage of permitting the shelves to potentially span substantially the full width of the locker (i.e., since the door opening of the locker is typically narrower than the locker interior space, making pre-assembled units difficult to get into the locker), they can be difficult to assemble and can be relatively flimsy even after assembled.
- The present invention is directed toward overcoming one or more of the problems set forth above.
- In one aspect of the present invention, a shelf unit for a metallic locker is provided, including at least one set of legs, each leg set including at least three legs having a foot at their bottom and a head at their top, at least one of the legs being magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker, and a first shelf lying horizontally in the metallic locker on top of the set of legs.
- In one form of this aspect of the invention, a second set of legs and a second shelf are provided, wherein at least one of the legs of the second leg set is magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker, the second leg set being stackable above the first shelf. In a further form, the feet of the second leg set include a longitudinally extending flange extending from the bottom of a laterally extending flange, and the first shelf includes at least three recesses adjacent a peripheral lip on the upper side of the first shelf, whereby the feet of the second leg set are disposed on the peripheral lip with the longitudinally extending flange extending to the bottom of the recess.
- In a further form of this aspect of the invention, each leg set includes four legs.
- In another form of this aspect of the invention, each leg of the leg set is magnetic for attaching to the side walls of the metallic locker.
- In still another form of this aspect of the invention, the legs comprise a first material, and further include magnets secured at spaced positions along the length of the legs. In a further form, the first material is plastic.
- In yet another form of this aspect of the invention, recesses are on the first shelf underside, and the leg heads are received in the recesses. In a further form, the legs include a column portion between their feet and head, the leg heads comprise laterally extending flanges at the upper end of the legs, and the recesses are open at the perimeter of the first shelf whereby the shelf may be supported at positions laterally spaced from the column portion.
- In another aspect of the present invention, a kit is provided for making a shelf unit in a metallic locker, including at least one set of legs, each leg set including at least three legs having a column portion between a foot and a head, at least one of the legs being magnetic along the column portion, and a first shelf having an underside adapted to be supported on the heads of the legs when the column portions are substantially vertical.
- In one form of this aspect of the present invention, a second set of legs and a second shelf are provided, wherein at least one of the legs of the second leg set is magnetic along its column portion. In a further form, the feet of the second leg set include a longitudinally extending flange extending from the bottom of a laterally extending flange, and the first shelf includes at least three recesses adjacent a peripheral lip on the upper side of the first shelf.
- In a further form of this aspect of the invention, each leg set includes four legs.
- In another form of this aspect of the invention, each leg of the leg set is magnetic along its column portion.
- In still another form of this aspect of the invention, the legs comprise a first material, and further include magnets secured at spaced positions along the length of the legs. In a further form, the first material is plastic.
- In yet another form of this aspect of the invention, recesses are on the first shelf underside sized to receive the leg heads. In a further form, the legs include laterally extending flanges at the upper end of the legs, and the underside recesses are open at the perimeter of the first shelf.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one shelf unit according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of theFIG. 1 shelf unit; -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a two shelf unit according to the present invention assembled in a locker; -
FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of theFIG. 3 unit; -
FIG. 5 is a detailed cross-sectional view showing stacked legs and a shelf assembled in a locker; and -
FIG. 6 is an exploded view ofFIG. 5 . -
FIGS. 1-2 illustrate ashelf unit 10 according to the present invention. In the advantageous embodiment illustrated, theshelf unit 10 includes ashelf 14 and fourlegs 18. Thelegs 18 each include acolumn portion 20 having ahead 22 on the upper end and afoot 24 on the lower end. - The
shelf 14 includes openings 28 therethrough to allow dirt and the like to pass through without accumulating on theshelf 14, and also to allow the locker user to more easily see objects beneath theshelf 14. Alip 30 may also be provided around the perimeter of theshelf 14 to assist in maintaining items on theshelf 14 and to provide some reinforcement against bending of theshelf 14. A lattice ofribs 34 may also be provided on the underside of theshelf 14 to provide further rigidity against bending. Recesses 38 adjacent the corners beside thelip 30 are provided on the upper side of theshelf 14 for receiving thefeet 24 oflegs 18 stacked thereon in multi-shelf units as described in greater detail below.Recesses 40 are also provided in the underside at the corners of theshelf 14 for receiving thehead 22 of thelegs 18. - The
leg column portion 20 is generally vertically oriented when in use. As illustrated, thecolumn portions 20 include cutouts 44 (to reduce material requirements) and strengtheningvertical ribs 46 on the edges andtransverse reinforcing ribs 48. - In accordance with the present invention, the
column portions 20 are magnetic along their height. In the illustrated embodiment,suitable magnets 50 are suitably secured along the height of thecolumn portions 20. In the embodiment illustrated, flatrectangular magnets 50 are suitably secured (e.g., by adhesives) to the outer face of thecolumn portions 20. Recesses may be provided in the outer face to facilitate the securing of themagnets 50 to thecolumn portions 20. - As described in further detail hereafter, the provision of
magnetic column portions 20 not only assists in easing assembly of theshelf unit 10, but it also provides reinforcement along the column portion height by securing them to the rigid walls of the locker. Such reinforcement allows even narrow, flimsy legs which have a good compressive strength to support large weights on the supported shelf, since the magnetic connection to the locker walls assists in ensuring that thecolumn portions 20 will maintain a vertical orientation and not buckle or bend. - The
heads 22 of thelegs 18 as illustrated include laterally extendingflanges 54. Theseflanges 54 are sized and shaped so that they may be received in therecesses 40 in theshelf 14. It should be appreciated, however, that theflanges 54 and the open-sided recesses 40 as illustrated will also provide flexibility in assembly for different size lockers. Specifically, if the locker is slightly wider than theshelf 14, the extension of theflanges 54 will provide support to theshelf 14 even though theshelf 14 does not reach fully to the locker wall. It should be appreciated that in such cases (in which theshelf 14 does not extend above the column portions 20), the weight of theshelf 14 and supported items may thus introduce a bending moment to thecolumn portions 20, and that themagnets 50 advantageously serve as additional reinforcement against such bending. - The
feet 24 of thelegs 18 also includelateral flanges 58 having downwardly, longitudinally extending flanges 60 (see particularlyFIG. 6 ) which are laterally spaced from thecolumn portions 20. Thesefeet 24 will provide a suitable base for theshelf unit 10, and further may be advantageously stacked on top of ashelf 14 inmulti-shelf units 10 as described further below. -
FIG. 3 illustrates twoshelf units 10 such as illustrated inFIGS. 1-2 stacked on top of one another in alocker 70. This configuration may alternately be called twoshelf units 10 or one twoshelf unit 10′. Assembly of theunit 10 will be described here. - First, the
bottom legs 18 may be generally positioned in thelocker 70, with the legs being held in place by magnetic connection to the side walls of thelocker 70. Thebottom shelf 14 may then be moved into thelocker 70 by first tipping theshelf 14 to fit through the narrower locker door opening, and then tipping theshelf 14 back to a horizontal orientation. Theshelf 14 may then be lowered in that horizontal orientation to the top of thelegs 18, and thelegs 18 may be adjusted to ensure that theirhead 22 is received in the shelf underside recesses 40. It should be appreciated that as theshelf 14 is moved into thelocker 70, the user will not be required to somehow simultaneously hold all four legs to maintain them in their desired position and orientation. Further, as eachleg 18 is individually adjusted to shift it to the proper position beneath theshelf 14, there is no problem with theother legs 18 becoming disconnected or otherwise misoriented. That is, theshelf 14 may be readily placed on top of thelegs 18 during assembly and eachleg 18 suitably and individually adjusted to position it properly beneath the associated recesses 40. The assembly problem encountered with some prior units (in which the legs must be connected to the shelf within the confined space of the locker, with some legs being inadvertently disconnected when other legs are being connected) may thus be avoided. - After the first (bottom)
shelf 14 has been placed, another set oflegs 18 are positioned above theshelf 14, with theirfeet 24 in therecesses 38 on the upper side of thefirst shelf 14. Specifically, as shown inFIGS. 5-6 , the bottom of theleg column portions 20 rest on thelip 30 and each longitudinally extendingflange 60 projects down into the associatedrecess 38 so as to rest on the bottom of therecess 38. (It should be understood that variations from perfect tolerances could result in the bottom of thecolumn portion 20 or thelongitudinally extending flange 60 of anyleg 18 being slightly spaced from theshelf 14 rather than abutting to it. Nevertheless, normal shifting of components and distortion of the components will naturally result in abutment where such support is required.) It should be appreciated that this connection of theupper legs 18 will allow for variances between locker size and shelf size. That is, if theshelf 14 is smaller than the locker, theupper legs 18 may still be magnetically connected to the locker walls, in which case thefeet 24 of thelegs 18 may not rest wholly over theshelf 14, and thelongitudinally extending flange 60 will be positioned within therecess 38 but more closely to theshelf lip 30. - With the
upper legs 18 supported in a vertical orientation by their magnetic connection to the walls of thelocker 70, the second (upper)shelf 14 may then be placed on top of thelegs 18 in the same manner as was thebottom shelf 14 as described above. - A kit may be advantageously provided consisting of one or more leg sets and
shelves 14, whereby a person such as a student who has a locker may readily purchase and install theshelf unit 10 within the separate locker. - It should be appreciated that different shelf constructions than the one illustrated in the figures could be advantageously used with the present invention. For example, solid surface shelves could be used where it is desired to prevent any objects from falling through the shelves. Further, suitable adjustable size shelves (e.g., telescoping shelf components) could also be provided to permit ready use in different width lockers.
- It should also be appreciated that the
legs 18 of theshelf unit 10 of the present invention could be configured differently than shown, so long as thelegs 18 are in some manner magnetically attracted to the walls of the locker. For example, more orfewer magnets 50 may be provided on the legs, and of different sizes than illustrated, while still maintaining at least some advantages of the present invention. In addition, magnet(s) 50 could be secured to thelegs 18 differently than illustrated in the figures (e.g., by mechanical connection, integral formation with the leg, or by the entire leg itself being magnetic). Moreover, it should be appreciated that some aspects of the advantages of the present invention could be obtained if only asingle leg 18 of a leg set is magnetic. - Further, it should be appreciated that the present invention may be used in shelf units having less or more than four legs, and with legs at other than the corners of the shelf so long as the legs are disposed adjacent the locker walls so that they may be magnetically attracted and secured thereto.
- Still other aspects, objects, and advantages of the present invention can be obtained from a study of the specification, the drawings, and the appended claims. It should be understood, however, that the present invention could be used in alternate forms where less than all of the objects and advantages of the present invention and preferred embodiment as described above would be obtained.
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1. A shelf unit for a metallic locker, comprising:
at least one set of legs, each leg set including at least three legs having a foot at their bottom and a head at their top, said at least three legs being magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker;
a first shelf lying horizontally in the metallic locker on top of said set of legs.
2. The shelf unit of claim 1 , further comprising a second set of legs and a second shelf, wherein at least one of said legs of said second leg set is magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker, said second leg set being stackable above said first shelf.
3. The shelf unit of claim 1 , further comprising recesses on the first shelf underside, said leg heads being received in said recesses.
4. The shelf unit of claim 3 , wherein
said legs include a column portion between their feet and head;
said leg heads comprise laterally extending flanges at the upper end of said legs; and
said recesses are open at the perimeter of said first shelf whereby said shelf may be supported at positions laterally spaced from said column portion.
5. A kit for making a shelf unit in a metallic locker, comprising:
at least one set of legs, each leg set including at least three legs having a column portion between a foot and a head, said at least three legs being magnetic along said column portion;
a first shelf having an underside adapted to be supported on the heads of said legs when said column portions are substantially vertical.
6. The kit of claim 5 , further comprising a second set of legs and a second shelf, wherein at least one of said legs of said second leg set is magnetic along its column portion.
7. The kit of claim 6 , wherein said feet of said second leg set include a longitudinally extending flange extending from the bottom of a laterally extending flange, and said first shelf includes at least three recesses adjacent a peripheral lip on the upper side of said first shelf.
8. The kit of claim 5 , wherein each leg set includes four legs.
9. The kit of claim 5 , wherein each leg of said leg set is magnetic along its column portion.
10. The kit of claim 5 , wherein said legs comprise a first material, and further include magnets secured at spaced positions along the length of said legs.
11. The kit of claim 10 , wherein said first material is plastic.
12. The kit of claim 5 , further comprising recesses on the first shelf underside sized to receive said leg heads.
13. The kit of claim 12 , wherein
said leg heads comprise laterally extending flanges at the upper end of said legs; and
said underside recesses are open at the perimeter of said first shelf.
14. A shelf unit for a metallic locker, comprising:
at least one set of legs, each leg set including at least three legs having a foot at their bottom and a head at their top, said at least three legs being magnetic for attaching to the side wall of the metallic locker;
a first shelf lying horizontally in the metallic locker on the head of said set of legs, with said first shelf movable toward and away from the locker side wall relative to the heads of said at least three legs.
15. The shelf unit of claim 14 , said first shelf including flat horizontal surfaces resting on said heads of said at least three legs, said horizontal surfaces being open on the side facing the locker side wall.
16. The shelf unit of claim 14 , wherein each leg of said set of legs is magnetic for attaching to one of the side walls of the metallic locker, and said first shelf is movable toward and away from each locker side wall relative to the leg heads on which the first shelf lies.
17. The shelf unit of claim 16 , said first shelf being generally rectangular and including flat horizontal surfaces adjacent each corner which lie on the heads of the legs of the leg set, said horizontal surfaces being open on the side facing the locker side wall.
18. The shelf unit of claim 16 , said first shelf being generally rectangular and including flat horizontal surfaces adjacent each corner which lie on the heads of the legs of the leg set, said horizontal surfaces being open at the perimeter of the shelf at each corner.
19. The shelf unit of claim 18 , wherein each leg set includes four legs, and said legs are under the corners of said first shelf.
20. The shelf unit of claim 19 , further comprising recesses on the first shelf underside, wherein
said leg heads are received in said recesses;
said legs include a column portion between their feet and head, said column portions being magnetic for attachment to locker side walls;
said leg heads comprise flanges at the upper ends of said legs extending laterally away from said adjacent locker side walls to which said column portions are magnetically attached; and
said recesses are open at the perimeter of said first shelf whereby said shelf may be supported at positions laterally spaced from said column portion.
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