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Shelf assembly

  • US 5,921,411 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1997
  • Issued: 07/13/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A shelf assembly for use with a shelving support system having a pair of spaced, aperture-bearing uprights, said shelf assembly comprising:

  • (a) a pair of shelf brackets adapted to be mounted on said uprights;

    (b) a shelf unit adapted to be mounted on said shelf brackets, said shelf unit having a panel adapted to support products thereon;

    (c) said panel having side flanges extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom, downwardly extending portions of said side flanges engaging outside surfaces of said shelf brackets to limit the lateral movement of said shelf unit with respect thereto;

    (d) a support structure connected to an underside of said panel, said support structure extending from adjacent each of said side flanges and providing support substantially evenly between front and back edges of said panel;

    (e) said support structure being spaced from said downwardly extending portions of said side flanges forming gaps therebetween to accommodate said shelf brackets such that, when said shelf unit is mounted on said shelf brackets, an underside of said panel contacts said shelf brackets thereby reducing the vertical space occupied by said shelf assembly;

    (f) said shelf brackets having first stops engaging said side flanges to limit the forward movement of said shelf unit with respect to said shelf brackets;

    (g) said shelf unit having second stops engaging said shelf brackets to limit the rearward movement of said shelf unit with respect thereto;

    (h) said support structure further comprising a corrugated member having a plurality of integrally-connected channels extending laterally from adjacent each of said side flanges, said channels being substantially evenly spaced between said front and rear edges of said panel to provide even support for substantially the entire surface of said panel;

    (i) said corrugated member having a height not greater than a vertical distance between said underside of said panel and bottoms of said downwardly-extending portions of side flanges such that said corrugated member does not extend below said side flanges;

    (j) said shelf unit further comprising an upwardly-turned front flange means;

    (k) said first stops further comprise upwardly-turned arm portions on ends of said shelf brackets, said arm portions being adapted to engage forwardly-facing surfaces of said outwardly-extending portions of said side flanges, and being adapted to engage a side edge of said panel and said front flange means;

    (l) said shelf brackets further comprise inwardly-extending, horizontal support flanges adapted to engage said underside of said panel;

    (m) said second stops engage said inwardly-extending horizontal support flanges; and

    (n) said outwardly-extending portions of said side flanges extend outward from said panel a distance substantially equal to a thickness of said shelf brackets.

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