Patent ID: 9060601
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A47B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A foldable shelving unit, comprising: first and second supports with lower ends and opposed upper ends; at least one shelf having opposed end portions, spaced-apart and extending substantially parallel to one another, opposed side portions extending between the end portions, and a supporting surface extending between the end portions and the side portions, one of the end portions being pivotally mountable to the first support above the lower end thereof and the other one of the end portions being a free end portion; and at least two connecting members, each one of the connecting members having a first end and an opposed second end, each one of the first ends being pivotally mountable to a respective one of the side portions of the at least one shelf between the end portions, and each one of the second ends being pivotally mountable to the second support above the lower end thereof; the foldable shelving unit being operable between a deployed position wherein the at least one shelf and the at least two connecting members are pivoted to configure the first and second supports in a distal configuration with the at least one shelf extending therebetween, above the lower ends of the first and second supports, with each of the at least two connecting members extending inwardly of the side portions and under the supporting surface and the free end portion of the at least one shelf being contiguous to the second support, and a compacted position wherein the at least one shelf and the at least two connecting members are pivoted to configure the first and second supports in a proximal configuration.