Combination shelving system

• US 6,315,135 B1
• Filed: 11/27/2000
• Issued: 11/13/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stuart Shelving LLC
• Original Assignee: Stuart Shelving LLC
• Inventors: Stuart, Timothy Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US09/722,230
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: 211/90.01, 211/90.02, 211/90.03, 211/90.04, 211/187, 211/103, 211/135, 211/87.01, 108/108, 108/149, 108/152
• US Class Current: 211/87.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 55/02 made of wire
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions shelf units with stackable uprights A47B87/00; details of cabinets, racks or shelf units in general A47B96/00; brackets adjustable in themselves A47B96/07
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/04 with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/30 with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 65/00 Book-troughs; Accessories specially adapted for book-storing, e.g. book-ends
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 65/15 Partitions, e.g. dividers
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 65/20 Book-ends
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0018 Display racks with shelves or receptables racks per se A47B; storage devices for warehouses B65G1/02

Abstract

A wall-mounted shelving system, comprising a plurality of elongated standards secured to a wall and each standard having a vertical axis, said standards containing a plurality of slots extending along said vertical axis; a plurality of cantilever shelf brackets removably connected with said standards via said slots, said shelf brackets including blade portions; and at least one rigid one-piece shelf having ends slidably connected with said shelf bracket blade portions. Support means for aligning and securing a free edge of at least one shelf are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A wall-mounted shelving system, comprising

a. a plurality of elongated standards secured to a wall and each elongated standard having a vertical axis, said standards containing a plurality of slots extending along said vertical axis;

b. a plurality of cantilever shelf brackets removably connected with said standards via said slots, said shelf brackets having blade portions; and

c. at least one rigid one-piece shelf having an interior portion and a plurality of ends, with said ends slidably connected with said shelf bracket blade portions such that said blade portions are substantially immediately interior to said ends when said shelf is in the connected position.

2. A shelving system as defined in claim 1, and further comprising support means consisting of at least one leg extending downward from at least one shelf.

3. A shelving system as defined in claim 2, wherein said leg extends downward to and is supported by the floor.