Patent ID: 7895955

Claim:
A storage shelf which comprises: (a) a pair of side panels, wherein each side panel of said pair of side panels includes a front plate, a rear plate, a base with an outer rib and a plurality of reinforcement ribs; (b) a mounting strip connecting said pair of side panels, wherein said mounting strip facilitates the securing of said storage shelf to a single beam, and wherein the mounting strip and the outer rib of each side panel align the storage shelf on the beam, such that the beam fits between opposing portions of the outer ribs of the pair of side panels, said opposing portions of the outer ribs being located on opposite sides of said mounting strip; and (c) wherein one of said front plate or said rear plate contains a protruding member and said other of said front plate or said rear plate contains a groove, said protruding member and said groove being configured to be engageable with a corresponding groove or protruding member of another storage shelf for allowing the interconnecting of multiple storage shelves; (d) wherein said plurality of reinforcement ribs are spaced along and transversely extend with respect to a longitudinal length of each corresponding said base.