Patent ID: 8505751

Claim:
An assembly shelf comprising: four posts, each of the four posts including two main post sections and a plate connection section that connects the two main post sections, and having a symmetrical shape with respect to a post axis, a plurality of engagement depressions being formed on each side of each of the two main post sections along a longitudinal direction at regular intervals, wherein the two main post sections and the connection section do not form a hollow tube; a pair of connection members, each of the pair of connection members including an engagement protrusion that engages one of the plurality of engagement depressions, a first engagement section that comes in contact with a side surface of one of the four posts, and a second engagement section that engages a shelf board member, the pair of connection members being attached to hold either side of one of the four posts in a lateral direction of the shelf board member such that the pair of connection members are attached to the post in only half of a lateral dimension of the post; and the shelf board member 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 to extend to only half of the post in the lateral direction.