Patent ID: 9700137
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47F

Claim:
1. A wire shelf extension adapted to be attached in a self-supporting manner to an outward facing edge of an existing wire shelf whose front face is defined by a front edge support wire and a spaced support wire having an outward facing surface, both of which lie in a plane generally perpendicular to a support surface of the existing wire shelf, said wire shelf extension having a width and a length and comprising a plurality of shelf extension support wires extending lengthwise of said shelf extension and a plurality of shelf extension stringer wires extending widthwise of said shelf extension, wherein said shelf extension stringer wires i) have upper and lower surfaces, the upper surfaces of which are adapted to provide a shelf surface upon which items are to be placed in use, ii) are affixed to and overlay the shelf extension support wires in a generally perpendicular orientation and iii) extend from a first shelf extension support wire, which constitutes a front edge extension support wire, to a second shelf extension support wire, which constitutes a back extension support wire, provided that at least two of the shelf extension stringer wires are elongated stringer wires having extended segments that a) extend past the back extension support wire and bend at a right angle or near right angle away from the shelf surface of the shelf extension and b) have a free end, that portion of the extended segments from and including the bend to the free end being a bent portion; wherein, in use, the extended segments of the wire shelf extension are adapted to lie atop the front edge support wire of the existing shelf and engage the front face of the existing shelf such that the wire shelf extension is self-supported on the existing wire shelf and the shelf surface of the wire shelf extension and the surface of the existing wire shelf are substantially co-planar.