Patent ID: 6732870
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A storage system (1,6), having at least one storage shelf (6) which is infinitely adjustable relative to an upright member, the storage system comprising in combination:a vertical support (1) having at least three parallel grooves (3) running longitudinally behind a front face (2) of the support structure, the grooves (3) having a continuous sectional profile and each groove opening in the front face through a channel (4); a storage shelf (6) being formed on a back side (10) thereof with at least three tongues (7), the tongues being integrally formed with the shelf and adjoining the back side through a neck portion (8), at least one of said tongues (7) having a through hole for a bolt (9) that engages an inner wall of one of said grooves for securing the shelf in an operative, load bearing position; the tongues (7) having a planar shape that is adapted to the sectional profile of the grooves (3), and the length and width of the neck portions (8) are adapted to the sectional length and width of the groove channels (4), respectively, whereby the tongues are received in the grooves while the neck portions occupy the channels; the neck portions (8) being curved so that the tongues project upwards from the shelf top surface at a slanting angle, whereby the tongues (7) are permitted a sliding displacement in the grooves as the tongues are pivoted for a horizontal orientation, but frictionally arrested in the grooves (3) when the shelf is pivoted to bring the tongues to a tilted orientation in the operative position of the shelf, and the back side (10) of the shelf providing a load bearing contact against the front face (2) of the vertical support when the shelf is pivoted to the operative position.