Patent ID: 9204737
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A47B,A47F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A modular shelving system including: at least one shelf assembly, the shelf assembly including a plurality of elongated horizontally-extending side rails, each side rail having two opposite ends and a body that is formed by two substantially perpendicular and flat strips integrally connected to one another along a common junction, one of the strips of each side rail being a vertically-projecting side rail strip and the other one being a horizontally-projecting side rail strip, each side rail further including an inner side and an outer side, at least some of the side rails including at least one open-ended first through slot, each first through slot extending lengthwise on the horizontally-projecting side rail strip along the common junction from a corresponding one of the ends of each side rail; and a plurality of elongated vertically-extending corner posts to which the ends of the side rails are connected to form a self-standing skeletal structure, each corner post having two opposite ends, an inner side, an outer side and a body that is formed by two substantially flat strips integrally connected to one another along a common junction, each strip of the corner posts having a side edge extending lengthwise and at least one open-ended second through slot located at a given distance in-between the ends of each corner post and that extends perpendicularly from the side edge towards the common junction of the corner post, each first through slot forming a detachable interdigitated and load-bearing engagement with a corresponding one of the second through slots to support the shelf assembly.