Patent ID: 6085918
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
An upright frame for a shelving system, comprising:a pair of parallel, vertically oriented posts, said posts having a pair of legs connected by a web to form a throat with a generally U-shaped cross-section;the posts oriented with their throats directed towards one another;a brace removably secured between the posts to form a generally rigid frame;said brace having an effective width such that it is snugly received between the legs of each post within the throat;each post having at least one pair of apertures formed in a leg at a location for receiving protrusions on an end of a brace;said pair of apertures including an upper and lower aperture with a straight distal edge parallel to the web of the post;said brace having an end removably secured between the legs of a post, each brace end having an upper and lower protrusion located on a forward face to engage the upper and lower apertures of said pair of post apertures;each brace protrusion having a distal ramped portion for separating the legs of a post as the brace end is inserted within the throat, and a proximal flat face perpendicular to the forward face of the brace and located in abutting contact with each aperture distal edge; andsaid brace having a length from each end to each adjacent protrusion flat face which is substantially the same as a length measured between each post aperture distal edge and the post web, to thereby prevent movement of the brace along a first axis oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the brace, and prevent rotational movement of said brace relative to the post about a horizontal second axis orthogonal to the first axis.