Patent ID: 7331296

Claim:
A bottle holding shelf section adapted to be connected to two posts, with each post having a front surface and a lateral surface, and with the lateral surfaces facing each other, said shelf section comprising: a) a platform having front and rear platform portions and oppositely positioned side platform edge portions, a front-to-rear longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis, with this platform being arranged so that in an operating position, a rear portion of the platform is positioned between the two posts with rear side edge portions of the platform being adjacent to the posts and the front platform portion extends forwardly of the posts, the platform having a surface defining a bottle holding region; b) a pair of mounting flanges, located on opposite sides of the shelf section and positioned in a manner that with the shelf section in the operating position, the mounting flanges are located at an intermediate location between the front and rear platform portions so as to be adjacent to the respective front surfaces of the posts so as to be able to be connected thereto; c) a pair of bracing members located on opposite sides of the platform, each bracing member connecting between one of said pair of mounting flanges at a rear connecting location spaced vertically from the platform and at a forward connecting location at a forward side edge portion of the platform; d) whereby the shelf section can be positioned in the operating position with the rear platform portion being located between the two posts, and being properly mounted to the posts by means of the two flanges in a manner which loads on the platform are supported by the flanges at said intermediate location.