Patent ID: 9301604
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A47B,A47F

Claim Text:
1. A shelf extender that is designed to be connected to a shelf of an existing shelf system to increase a total depth of a shelf of the shelf system, said shelf extender comprising: a body portion including a top and bottom surface, said top surface having a generally flat and planar surface, said top surface having a width and a depth, said depth of said top surface less than a depth of a top surface of the shelf, the body portion further comprising a front flange connected to a front edge of the top surface; a connection arrangement lying in a same plane as said top surface of said body portion, said connection arrangement connected to said body portion, said connection arrangement including a connector designed to secure said connection arrangement to a top surface of the existing shelf; and a support flange connected to the bottom surface of the body portion and comprising a rear portion that comprises a downward extension that narrows to form a pointed or rounded tip that is a vertex of a rear edge and a front edge of the downward extension of the support flange, the rear edge positioned at an angle between 80 and 120 degrees relative to the plane of the top surface of the body portion, and the front edge of the rear portion is positioned at an angle between 10 and 60 degrees relative to the rear edge of the rear portion, the front edge of the downward extension is positioned between the front flange of the body portion and the rear edge of the support flange.