Patent ID: 8042700

Claim:
An end cap shelf system for mounting display shelves upon an end cap wall having openings adapted to receive shelf supporting means comprising a shelf having a flat bottom wall, a rear wall and front and side walls defining an open top display space adapted to receive merchandise for sale, said rear wall being laterally disposed and having a generally flat outer surface, a separate thin walled connector strip having generally planar opposed inner and outer faces and connecting means cooperatively provided on the outer face of said shelf rear wall and the inner face of said connector strip for releasably engaging said connector strip to said shelf rear wall when said connecting means are vertically and laterally disposed with each other, and releasable locking means for holding said connector strip and said rear shelf wall in assembled engaged position, said strip outer face including the shelf supporting means, said releasable locking means including an upwardly extending deflectable arm positioned on said connector strip and an upper edge section of said rear wall laterally aligned therewith in said assembled engaged position, said arm having an inwardly extending lug adapted to rest upon said upper edge section.