Patent ID: 6520357
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A47B,B65G

Abstract:
A rack, comprising:a plurality of substantially vertical columns; a plurality of substantially horizontal beams supported on said substantially vertical columns, with at least a first substantially horizontal beam having a top surface which defines a plurality of slots; and at least one first connector clip, including a main body defining a top surface and a bottom surface and including left and right substantially L-shaped arms extending downwardly and rearwardly from said main body, wherein each of the L-shaped arms includes a free end portion extending rearwardly from said main body; said first connector clip being mounted on said first substantially horizontal beam, with the left and right arms of said first connector clip extending through the corresponding slots in said first substantially horizontal beam; wherein the respective arms and slots are sized so that said first connector clip can only be installed on its respective first beam by orienting the first clip substantially vertically to permit the free end portions of the arms to enter the slots and then rotating the first clip to a substantially horizontal position; and said first clip can only be removed from its respective beam by rotating the first clip to a substantially vertical position to permit the arms to be removed from their respective slots; and wherein said main body of said first connector clip projects beyond said slotted top surface of said first substantially horizontal beam, thereby providing a cantilevered support surface.