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Shelving systems and components therefor

  • US 9,084,482 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2013
  • Issued: 07/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A shelf apparatus, comprising:

  • a rail mounted to an upstanding surface;

    a first upstanding post attached to a first puck interfit into a first opening region of the rail, the first upstanding post having a plurality of horizontally-extending grooves in an external surface thereof, said grooves spaced vertically from one another, the first upstanding post spaced from the upstanding surface to which the rail is mounted;

    a second upstanding post attached to a second puck interfit into a second opening region of the rail, the second upstanding post having a plurality of horizontally-extending grooves in an external surface thereof, said grooves spaced vertically from one another, the first upstanding post spaced from the upstanding surface to which the rail is mounted;

    a first shelf support clamp supported by said first upstanding post, the first shelf support clamp having a clamp body received only partially about said first upstanding post, said first shelf support clamp further including a horizontally-extending rib portion received in one of said grooves of said first upstanding post;

    a second shelf support clamp supported by said second upstanding post, the second shelf support clamp having a clamp body received only partially about said second upstanding post, the second shelf support clamp further including a horizontally-extending rib portion received in one of said grooves of said second upstanding post;

    a first shelf bracket supported by said first shelf support clamp;

    a second shelf bracket supported by said second shelf support clamp; and

    a shelf supported by said first and second shelf brackets, the shelf including a first shelf portion extending from positions adjacent the first and second posts and toward the upstanding surface to which the rail is mounted and a second shelf portion extending from said positions adjacent the first and second posts and away from the upstanding surface to which the rail is mounted.

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