Patent ID: 7159727
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A47B,F16B

Abstract:
1. A connector, shelving member and frame member assembly, the assembly comprising: at least one shelving member including an end with at least two depending shafts spaced apart a predetermined distance; at least one frame member including at least two apertures spaced apart the predetermined distance; and at least one connector for use in coupling the shelving member to the frame member, the connector having a bridging section with at least two depending prongs spaced apart the predetermined distance, each of the prongs having an upper end and a lower end, an aperture proximate the upper end for receiving one of the shafts of the shelving member, and a lower end adapted to be insertably secured into the apertures of the frame member, and the aperture of each prong being sized to receive one shaft of one shelving member in frictional engagement.