Patent ID: 6098821
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A removable bottom standing divider unit for a shelving wall having a transverse slot, comprising:a base portion having a bottom surface adapted to rest on the shelving wall;a dividing portion projecting upwardly from the base portion;a tab projecting downwardly from the base portion, the tab being adapted for slidable insertion into the slot and having a forwardly extending hooking member spaced from the bottom surface of the base portion adapted to engage an underside of the shelving wall; anda locking tooth projecting downwardly from the base portion behind the tab at a distance therefrom, the locking tooth being adapted to lock the divider unit on the shelving unit by engaging the slot and preventing backward motion of the tab in the slot when the hooking member engages an underside of the shelving wall,wherein an entirety of both the tab and the locking tooth project downwardly from the base portion, andwherein the locking tooth has a sloping surface that slopes through the slot substantially to the base portion.