Folding shelf

Abstract

A rack-type shelf having means of folding against its installed wall surface or remaining open at generally any angle between horizontal and vertical. The folding shelf of the present invention comprises: a wall mount portion, a shelf portion and brace members. The shelf portion is provided with a pivotal axle member protruding sidewardly from each rear side of said shelf. These axle members thus mate rotationally within a similarly sized protrusion within both side bottom members of the wall mount portion thus creating a hinge. Support members are rotationally yet securedly attached to a central horizontal wall mount member, and gravitationally suspend the shelf member by means of hooking around any of the shelf portion's plurality of shelf wire rod members.

1 . A folding shelf comprising:—
 a. a wall mount portion having two vertical end members and two horizontal members,    b. a shelf portion having two or more support frames, support rods and shelf wire rods members,    c. brace members having a top rotational attachment and a hooked lower end,    
   
   
       2 . The folding shelf of  claim 1  wherein the vertical and horizontal members of the wall mount portion are fixedly attached to each other.  
   
   
       3 . The folding shelf of claims  1  and  2  wherein the vertical members' lower ends are extendedly curled forwardly to extend a shelf pivot point away from a mounting surface.  
   
   
       4 . The folding shelf of claims  1  and  3  wherein the pivot point comprises a fixedly attached washer-like disk adapted to mate with a hinge axle of the shelf member.  
   
   
       5 . The folding shelf of  claim 1  wherein the shelf portion's lower support rod extend outwardly from each side of the shelf to form a hinge axle member.  
   
   
       6 . The folding shelf of  claim 5  wherein the hinge axle member has an outside diameter slightly lesser than the inner diameter of the washer-like disk of the wall mount portion.  
   
   
       7 . The folding shelf of  claim 1  wherein the upper ends of the brace members are curled around the central horizontal member of the wall mount portion so as to allow rotational movement of said brace members around said central horizontal member.  
   
   
       8 . The folding shelf of claims  1  and  7  wherein the lower ends of the brace members are formed into a hook so as to allow embracing a horizontal shelf wire rod for angle selection therewith.  
   
   
       9 . The folding shelf of claims  1  through  8  wherein the use thereof is to provide users with a collapsible shelf and drying rack having means of optimally placing boots, shoes or the like for proper and faster drying thereof.