Patent ID: 8118181

Claim:
An assembly shelf comprising: a post that includes two main post sections and a connection section that connects the two main post sections, the post having a symmetrical shape with respect to a post axis, a plurality of through-holes being formed in the connection section along a longitudinal direction at regular intervals; a pair of connection members, each of the pair of connection members including a first engagement section that engages the post, and a second engagement section that engages a shelf board member, the pair of connection members being attached to hold either side of the post utilizing a range that corresponds to half of the post in a lateral direction; and a shelf board member that includes a third engagement section that is formed approximately at each corner and engages the second engagement section, an end of the shelf board member in a longitudinal direction being positioned within the range that corresponds to half of the post in the lateral direction when viewed from a direction that perpendicularly intersects the longitudinal direction, wherein the pair of connection members differ in shape, and the first engagement section of one of the pair of connection members includes a depression that has a shape corresponding to a shape of one side surface of one of the two main post sections, and a protrusion that is passed through one of the plurality of through-holes, and wherein the first engagement section of the other of the pair of connection members includes a depression that has a shape corresponding to a shape of the other side surface of one of the two main post sections, and the other of the pair of connection members includes a second depression that engages the protrusion of the one of the pair of connection members.