Patent ID: 6092475
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A shelf structure comprising:flexible rods, said rods substantially straight in a disassembled state of the shelf structure and curved in an assembled state of the shelf structure;shelves disposed for support by said rods in substantially horizontal positions, said shelves having openings in edge regions thereof through which said rods pass;cables for tensioning said rods and said shelves, said cables loading and curving said rods in the assembled state of the shelf structure for fixing a position of said rods relative to one another, and for fixing said horizontal positions of said shelves, wherein an upper end of said rods is connected by means of said cables to a lower end of a neighboring rod; andattachment members cooperating with said rods and said cables to connect said rods with said cables in a detachable fashion.