Patent ID: 7311211
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: A47B,A47F

Abstract:
1. A shelving system for mounting to a pair of parallel, substantially vertical, spaced apart shelving standards spaced apart a first distance, wherein each standard in the pair of standards has a vertically spaced apart array of slots, the shelving system comprising: a) a pair of keys adapted for releasably interlocking mating to said each standard in said slots wherein said pair of keys includes first and second keys, wherein said first key is mounted to a key mount so as to dispose a first tang on said first key outwardly of said key mount, and wherein said second key is mounted on a slide block so as to dispose a second tang outwardly of said slide block, b) a pair of rigid bracket arms wherein each bracket arm of said pair of bracket arms has a base end and a cantilevered end, c) a pair of slides, wherein each slide of said pair of slides is mounted to one of said each bracket arms whereby said pair of slides are mounted to said pair of bracket arms for selective cantilevered extension of said pair of slides in a first direction from said cantilevered ends of said pair of bracket arms, d) a rigid shelf mounted atop of said pair of slides for extension on said pair of slides from said cantilevered end of said pair of bracket arms, wherein at least one slide of said pair of slides is removably mounted to adjustment means on an under side of said shelf for releasably lockable positioning of said at least one slide under said shelf in a horizontal second direction perpendicular to said first direction whereby a spacing between said pair of bracket arms may be selectively adjusted for retro-fit to said pair of standards, wherein said key mount is rigidly mounted to said base end of said each bracket arm and wherein said slide block is slidably mounted to said base end of said bracket arm so as to dispose said first and second tangs in opposed facing relation to each other and so as to dispose said first and second tangs outwardly of said base end of said bracket arm for engagement into a corresponding vertically spaced apart pair of slots in said vertically spaced apart array of slots in said each standard, and wherein a selectively actuable clamping member is mounted to said key mount and said slide block to selectively clamp said opposed facing pair of said first and second tangs towards each other to matingly engage said first and second tangs in said each standard behind said pair of slots.