Fences for attachment to wire shelving and related methods
First Claim
1. A fence for attachment to a wire shelf having a plurality of wires and support members forming a shelf deck, at least one upper support member, and at least one lower support member spaced below the upper support member, the fence comprising:
- an upper horizontal rod member;
a lower horizontal rod member spaced below and generally parallel to the upper horizontal rod member; and
one or more wire members extending between the fence'"'"'s upper and lower horizontal rod members, the wire members having at least one curved section including first and second retaining portions for engagingly receiving the upper and lower support members of the wire shelf to thereby allow the fence to be attached to the wire shelf, whereby the fence can help retain one or more objects on the shelf deck.
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure provide various exemplary embodiments of shelf fences that can, for example, be attached to wire shelves. In one exemplary embodiment, a fence generally includes an upper horizontal rod member and a lower horizontal rod member. The lower horizontal rod member can be spaced below and generally parallel to the upper horizontal rod member. The shelf also includes one or more wire members extending between the fence'"'"'s upper and lower horizontal rod members. The one or more wire members can have at least one curved section including first and second retaining portions for engagingly receiving the upper and lower support members of the wire shelf, to thereby allow the fence to be attached to the wire shelf.
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24 Claims
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1. A fence for attachment to a wire shelf having a plurality of wires and support members forming a shelf deck, at least one upper support member, and at least one lower support member spaced below the upper support member, the fence comprising:
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an upper horizontal rod member;
a lower horizontal rod member spaced below and generally parallel to the upper horizontal rod member; and
one or more wire members extending between the fence'"'"'s upper and lower horizontal rod members, the wire members having at least one curved section including first and second retaining portions for engagingly receiving the upper and lower support members of the wire shelf to thereby allow the fence to be attached to the wire shelf, whereby the fence can help retain one or more objects on the shelf deck. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A fence for a wire shelf having spaced-apart upper and lower support members, the fence comprising:
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an upper horizontal rod member;
a lower horizontal rod member spaced below and generally parallel to the upper horizontal rod member; and
one or more wire members extending between and connected to the fence'"'"'s upper and lower rod members, the wire members including a curved section defining an upper attachment portion and a lower attachment portion, the upper attachment portion defining a space for receiving an upper support member of a wire shelf, the lower attachment portion defining a space for receiving a lower support member of the wire shelf, the curved section being configured to resiliently vary the spacing between the upper and lower attachment portions to permit assembly of the upper and lower attachment portions onto spaced-apart upper and lower support members of a wire shelf. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method for assembling a fence having at least first and second attachment portions to a wire shelf having first and second support members, the method comprising:
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positioning the first attachment portion of the fence against the wire shelf'"'"'s first support member; and
resiliently flexing the fence to permit the wire shelf'"'"'s second support member to be engagingly received within the second attachment portion of the fence. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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