Patent ID: 7845502
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A tapering-depth shelving unit, comprising: first and second generally vertically-extending support members horizontally spaced from one another to define a shelving unit width, the first and second support members being of about the same height, with the first support member having a first depth that is less than a depth of the second support member; and a plurality of shelves mounted generally horizontally between the first and second support members, each of the plurality of shelves having a shallower side edge whose length defines a first shelf depth that approximately matches the first depth of the first support member and a deeper side edge whose length defines a second shelf depth that approximately matches the depth of the second support member, each of the plurality of shelves increasing gradually in depth from the first support member toward the second support member; wherein the shelving unit width is greater than the depth of the second support member.