Patent ID: 6443319
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A shelf system comprising:a plurality of support rods having a cylindrical cross-section; a plurality of shelf boards, wherein each shelf board comprises fastening devices for attaching the shelf board to the support rods, each fastening device located near the center of an end face of the shelf board and comprising a pair of mutually parallel clamping rods projecting from the respective end face and connected by a clamping screw; wherein the clamping rods are pulled towards each other when the clamping screw is tightened, so as to clamp one support rod between each clamping pair, wherein the clamping rods located on opposite end faces of the shelf boards are offset from each other in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the shelf boards at least by a distance corresponding to a height of the clamping rods in the perpendicular direction.