Support system for shelves

Abstract

A support system for mounting a shelf to cabinet walls having vertical slots therein. The support system comprises rack rails to insert in the slots, each one of the rack rails comprises a series of upwardly arched channels. The support system further comprises mounting components to mount to the rack rails at similar heights, each one of the mounting components comprising a support face for supporting the shelf, an arched arm to be inserted in the arched channel, and an abutting face to contact one of 1—the rack rails to be mounted thereto and 2—one of the cabinet walls to be mounted thereto through one of the rack rails thereby limiting course of the arched arm in the arched channel. Once the mounting components are mounted to the rack rails, the mounted components provide support faces to set down the shelf thereon.

1 . A support system for mounting of a shelf to cabinet walls, the support system comprising:
 a rack rail extending vertically and comprising arched channels disposed above each other; and   a mounting component having:
 a support face; 
 an arched arm; and 
 an abutting face, wherein, once the mounting component is mounted to the rack rail:
 the arched arm is inserted into one of the arched channels, 
 the abutting face abuts the rack rail thereby limiting an upward course of the arm in the one of the arched channels, and 
 the support face extends outwardly from the rack rail and is ready to support the shelf. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The support system of  claim 1 , wherein the rack rail and the mounting component each have two flat sides whereby a distance between the two flat sides defines a respective thickness wherein both the rack rail and the mounting component have a similar respective thickness. 
     
     
         3 . The support system of  claim 2 , wherein the support face and the abutting face are perpendicular to the flat sides. 
     
     
         4 . The support system of  claim 1 , wherein the rack rail has a length, and wherein the rack rail is bendable along its length. 
     
     
         5 . The support system of  claim 1 , to wherein the rack rail has a front face and the arched channels extend from the front face. 
     
     
         6 . The support system of  claim 5 , wherein the front face is straight about the arched channels and wherein the abutting face is straight. 
     
     
         7 . The support system of  claim 1 , wherein the rack rail and the mounting component are substantially flat. 
     
     
         8 . The support system of  claim 1 , wherein the rack rail and the mounting component comprise electrically conductive material and whereby an electrical contact exists between the rack rail and the mounting component to form part of an electrical circuit. 
     
     
         9 . A shelf system comprising:
 a shelf comprising two edges;   cabinet side walls facing each other and having vertical slots;   rack rails for insertion in the vertical slots, each one of the rack rails comprising a series of arched channels; and   mounting components for mounting to the rack rails at similar heights, each one of the mounting components comprising a support face for supporting the shelf, wherein the mounting components are mounted to the rack rails and the support faces extend outwardly from the rack rails, further wherein the shelf is supported by the mounting components.   
     
     
         10 . The shelf system of  claim 9 , wherein the mounting components further comprise an arched arm for insertion in one of the series of arched channels; and an abutting face to contact the rack rail to which the mounting component is mounted thereby limiting an upward course of the arched arm in the one of the series of arched channels. 
     
     
         11 . The shelf system of  claim 10 , wherein the abutting face of the mounting components mounted to the rack rails contact the rack rails under the arched channels to which the mounting components are mounted. 
     
     
         12 . The shelf system of  claim 10 , wherein the arched channels have a first length and the arched arms have a second length smaller than the first length. 
     
     
         13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . The shelf system of  claim 10 , wherein the arched arms are rigid. 
     
     
         15 . The shelf system of  claim 9 , wherein the slots have side walls and wherein the arched channels are limited sideways by the side walls of the slot in which they are inserted. 
     
     
         16 . The shelf system of  claim 9 , wherein the rack rails have a thickness, a depth and a length, and wherein the thickness is smaller than the depth. 
     
     
         17 . (canceled) 
     
     
         18 . (canceled) 
     
     
         19 . The shelf system of  claim 9 , wherein the rack rails and the mounting components comprise electrically conductive material and whereby an electrical contact exists between the rack rails and the mounting components to form part of an electrical circuit. 
     
     
         20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . The shelf system of  claim 9 , wherein the shelf comprises slots near the edges, wherein the shelf is supported by setting the slots on the support faces whereby the mounting components are thus substantially hidden from view. 
     
     
         22 . The shelf system of  claim 21 , wherein the shelf extends between the cabinet side walls, wherein the support system further comprise inserts mounted in the slots of the shelf, wherein the inserts are set down over the support face of each of the mounting components. 
     
     
         23 . The shelf system of  claim 22 , wherein the inserts, the rack rails and the mounting components comprise electrically conductive material and whereby an electrical contact exists between the inserts, the rack rails and the mounting components to form part of an electrical circuit. 
     
     
         24 . The shelf system of  claim 23 , further comprising a lighting element inserted in one of the slots, the lighting element being powered by the electrical circuit.