That shelf looks good. I’d be interested to see more of it.
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For the front brackets I just took two 8 inch L brackets and bolted them together for each leg and put a small strip on stick foam padding so it wasen't wood on metal. I used a small spacer to fill the small gap and a 1/4 x 1 1/2 long bolt to bolt the L bracket to the factory tie down points just up front. The rear did not need the spacer.
In the back I use 1 8 inch L bracket and 1 8 inch gate bracket for each leg. Again, a 1/4 bolt to bolt down the L bracket and 5/16 bolts holding everything else together.
You cant see but I cut the back of the shelf in a slight angle across the back so it matches the same angle of the rear seats. This way when you open it, the rear edge is not rubbing the seats.
It 's really just 4 L brackets bolted down to and a piece of wood laying on top. This stops my bags from moving around and does not make any noise. I have been running the shelf without the hinges for a long time and works great. If you don't want the hinges then simply do L brackets up front and back instead of the gate hinge. I just wanted to make it a little easier to access stuff so I slapped on hinges and the front hood latches.
As for bolting the wood to the brackets I just used 1 inch bolts and washer and sunk them into the top of the wood a little so they sit flush and you cant tell with the mat on top. I even added tie downs to the wood as you can see in the first pictures.
You can use taller or shorter L brackets if you like for whatever high you prefer.
I cant figure out how to turn those two photos.