Patent ID: 9717337
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47F

Claim:
1. An adjustable shelf system, comprising: a first elongate shelf forming a back shelf surface, the first shelf comprised of a plurality of interlocking shelf sections, the plurality of interlocking shelf sections being selectively attachable and removable from one another and being of at least two different widths for adjusting an overall width of the first shelf; a second elongate shelf oriented perpendicularly to the first shelf, a distal end portion of the second shelf coupled to a first end of the first shelf with the second shelf forming a left side shelf surface extending from the first shelf; a third elongate shelf oriented perpendicularly to the first shelf and parallel to the second shelf, a distal end portion of the third shelf coupled to a second end of the first shelf with the third shelf forming a right side shelf surface from the first shelf, the first, second and third elongate shelves forming a generally U-shaped shelf with each of the back, left and right shelf surfaces being substantially contiguous and in substantial planar alignment; wherein the plurality of interlocking shelf sections comprise a center section and a plurality of interconnecting side sections configured for joining to the center section and to one another and each of the plurality of side sections include a dovetail protrusion depending from a first end and a dovetail recess formed in a second end for coupling to an adjacent shelf section of the plurality of interlocking shelf sections and wherein the protrusion and the recess have a similar size and shape; and a pair of end caps, each end cap comprising an end wall having a width approximately equal to a width of the first shelf and a dovetail protrusion configured to attach to a corresponding dovetail recess of an adjacent section of the plurality of interlocking shelf sections.