Patent ID: 6168032
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A47B,A47F

Abstract:
A shelf construction for use in gondola systems having spaced vertical uprights for shelf mounting, the shelf construction comprising: brackets mountable to said vertical uprights, each of said brackets having a top surface; front and rear longitudinally-extending shelf rails each having a lower surface to rest on the top surfaces of said brackets and a horizontally-extending shelf floor acceptance slot above the lower surface; a shelf floor having front and rear edges adapted for insertion into said shelf floor acceptance slots, said front and rear rails each further having a vertical shelf divider acceptance slot, and at least one shelf divider having front and rear walls engageable with said vertical shelf divider acceptance slots, said brackets each comprising a main bracket piece having the top surface upon which said rails rest and a transition piece for supporting said main bracket piece in alternative downward sloping manners, said main bracket piece and said transition piece having interconnecting means for removably joining said main bracket piece to said transition piece, said transition piece comprising a first piece mountable upon a spaced vertical upright and a second piece connecting the first piece to the main bracket, said first piece including first and second rows of slots for supporting the main bracket portion in the alternative downward sloping manners.