Shelving

Abstract

A book or magazine shelving device ( 1 ), comprising a wall mountable bracket ( 2 ) having a comb-like book or magazine receiving member ( 5 ) with tapered teeth ( 6 ). The device holds books or magazines by gripping pages that are fed between the tapered teeth. The taper angle is in the range of 1.5 to 10.0 degrees.

1 . Shelving apparatus for books or magazines comprising a wall mountable bracket provided with one or more book magazine receiving members, the or each comprising a plurality of elongate, book or magazine receiving shafts, linked at their distal end to a shaft receiving member, each shaft being arranged in mutually and substantially completely overlying, spaced apart, parallel relationship to present a phalanx of book or magazine receiving shafts wherein the angle separating opposing surfaces on adjacent shafts is in the range of 1.50-10.00 degrees. 
   
   
       2 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the angle separating opposing surfaces of adjacent shafts is about 2.66 degrees. 
   
   
       3 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the book or magazine receiving shafts are tapered. 
   
   
       4 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the shafts and shaft receiving members are integrally connected. 
   
   
       5 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the material used for the formation of the book or magazine receiving member is plastics material. 
   
   
       6 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the plastics material is polypropylene. 
   
   
       7 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the book or magazine receiving shafts are diamond shaped when viewed end on. 
   
   
       8 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the or each book or magazine receiving member could be formed from clear, translucent or opaque plastics material. 
   
   
       9 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the shortest distance separating adjacent proximal shaft tip ends lies in the range of 1-6 mm. 
   
   
       10 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein this shortest distance is substantially equal to 2 mm. 
   
   
       11 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the shafts are tapered in mutually orthogonal directions. 
   
   
       12 . Apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the or each book or magazine receiving member projects substantially horizontally from a vertical surface that the bracket has been fitted to and substantially parallel with the ground in its normal attitude of operation. 
   
   
       13 . A method of stowing books or magazines on a shelving apparatus of the type claimed in  claim 1 , comprising the steps of fitting the shelving apparatus to a support and tapping books or magazines into a portion of the apparatus and subsequently allowing the weight of the stowed book or magazine to re-orientate the stowed book or magazine such that a portion of the book or magazine comes into contact with the support.