Patent ID: 7059484

Claim:
A shelving system, comprising: a polygonal shelf assembly having at least three bracket receiving sections and opposing ends and opposite sides; at least three shelf supporting assemblies for supporting said polygonal shelf assembly; at least three posts being releasably coupled to said at least three shelf supporting assemblies for supporting said polygonal shelf assembly; each of said shelf supporting assemblies including a collar and a support bracket, said support brackets having a shelf receiving section, each of said collars being frictionally coupled to said at least three posts, each of said support brackets being frictionally engaged to said collars, said at least three bracket receiving sections of said polygonal shelf assembly being releasably coupled to said shelf receiving sections of said support brackets; a pair of end members disposed at the opposing ends of said polygonal shelf assembly, each of said end members being joined at one end to one of said collars and being joined at a further end to a further of said collars; a pair of side members disposed at the opposite sides of said polygonal shelf assembly, each of said side members being joined at one end to the one of said collars and being joined at another end to the further of said collars; a plurality of shelf wires disposed spaced from each other and being joined to said side members; and at least one center support member truss disposed between said side members and in parallel therewith and joined to both of said end members, said center support member truss having a truss wire joined to each of said plurality of shelf wires; wherein said end members each have an end truss wire and a further truss wire, said center support member truss wire being joined to each of said end members; said center support member truss having another wire joined to said further wire of each of said end members.