Patent ID: 6905037

Claim:
A wire shelf comprising: a pair of end members disposed at opposing ends of said wire shelf, each of said end members being comprised of a truss having an upper wire and a lower wire; a pair of side members disposed at opposite sides of said wire shelf; a plurality of shelf wires being disposed spaced apart from each other and being joined to said side members, at least one center support member truss disposed between said side members and in parallel therewith, said center support member truss having an upper wire and a lower wire, said upper wire of said center support member truss being joined to each of said plurality of shelf wires; said upper wire of said center support member truss being joined at one end to said upper wire of one of said end members and being joined at another end to said upper wire of another of said end members; said lower wire of said center support member truss being joined at one end to said lower wire of said one of said end members and being joined at another end to said lower wire of said another of said end members, each of said side members being comprised of a side member truss having an upper wire and a lower wire spaced apart from each other, said shelf wires having a topside and an underside, said upper wire of said center support member truss being joined to said underside of said shelf wires, said upper wire of each of said side member trusses being joined to said topside of said shelf wires; and said side member trusses each includes a respective corrugated wire, one of said respective corrugated wires being disposed between said upper and said lower wires of one of said side member trusses and joined to said lower wire of the one of said side member trusses at a plurality of locations and directly to the undersides of at least some of the shelf wires, a further one of said respective corrugated wires being disposed between said upper and lower wires of a further one of said side member trusses and joined to said lower wire of the further one of said side member trusses at a plurality of locations and directly to the undersides of at least some of the shelf wires.