Patent ID: 9526355
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A47F

Claim Text:
1. A shelf structure, comprising: a welded wire mesh grid including a grid front side, a grid back side, a grid left side and a grid right side, a grid length defined between the left and right sides, a grid width defined between the grid front and back sides, the grid back side being turned up to define a grid back wall, the grid including a bottom layer of lengthwise extending grid wires and a top layer of widthwise extending grid wires defining a grid top support plane; and a nose piece formed of sheet metal, the nose piece attached to the grid adjacent the grid front side and extending along the entire grid length from the grid left side to the grid right side in front of a plurality of the widthwise extending grid wires, the nose piece including an upper flange, the upper flange including a rearward extending lip portion spanning the entire grid length from the grid left side to the grid right side under the grid front side and welded to each of the widthwise extending grid wires, the upper flange further including a step rising upwardly to a forward nose upper surface above the bottom layer of lengthwise extending grid wires and substantially flush with the grid top support plane of the top layer of widthwise extending grid wires, the nose piece including a front nose wall extending downward from the forward nose upper surface.