Patent ID: 8028846
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A47B,A47F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A modular shelving system comprising: a first upright that extends from a top end to a bottom end, defines a front, a back, an inner side, and an outer side, and has an inner channel, an outer channel, a plurality of vertically aligned and regularly spaced front slots, a plurality of vertically aligned and regularly spaced back slots, an upper pair of inner slots formed proximate the top end, and an upper pair of outer slots formed proximate the top end, the first upright including: a second upright that extends from a top end to a bottom end, defines a front, a back, an inner side, and an outer side, and has an inner channel, an outer channel, a plurality of vertically aligned and regularly spaced front slots, a plurality of vertically aligned and regularly spaced back slots, an upper pair of inner slots formed proximate the top end of the second upright, and an upper pair of outer slots formed proximate the top end of the second upright, the second upright including: an upright spanner including: a first rail and a second rail, each of the first and second rails defining a top surface, an inner surface, an outer surface, and a bottom surface and having an upper cleat hole formed in the top surface, a lower cleat hole formed in the bottom surface, a plurality of inner insert holes formed in the inner surface, and a plurality of outer insert holes formed in the outer surface, the first cleat of the first upright being slidably received in the upper and lower cleat holes of the first rail and the second cleat of the second upright being slidably received in the upper and lower cleat holes of the second rail such that the first and second uprights are supported substantially vertically by the first and second rails, respectively; and a rail spanner including: