Shelving system and bracket
OwnerDavid James Cooper, Joo Ho Duane Weeinventors
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Abstract
A shelving system (11) and a bracket (10) for a shelving system comprising, the bracket (10) comprising a first end portion (19), an intermediate portion (18) and second end portion (20). The intermediate portion (18) comprises a flexible wall portion being moveable from an open position, in which the flexile wall portion is planar, to a closed position, in which the flexible wall portion is arcuate. In the closed position, the flexible wall portion can wrap around a portion of a post (14) and the first and second end portions (19, 20) engage to form a connector (32) engageable with an end of a rail (16) for supporting drawers.
Claims26
A shelving system comprising:
- a frame comprising a plurality of posts;
- a plurality of rails for supporting sides of drawers such that the drawers are slidable along the rails;
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- brackets, each comprising a first end portion, an intermediate portion and second end portion, the first end portion being located at a first end of the intermediate portion and the second end portion being located at a second opposite end of the intermediate portion;
- wherein the intermediate portion comprises a flexible wall portion being moveable from an open position, in which the flexible wall portion is planar, to a closed position, in which the flexible wall portion is arcuate, such that in the closed position the flexible wall portion wraps around a portion of the post and the first and second end portions engage to form a connector engagable with an end of one of the rails to support the rail.
A bracket for a shelving system comprising:
- a first end portion, an intermediate portion and second end portion, the first end portion being located at a first end of the intermediate portion and the second end portion being located at a second opposite end of the intermediate portion;
- wherein the intermediate portion comprises a flexible wall portion being moveable from an open position, in which the flexible wall portion is planar, to a closed position, in which the flexible wall portion is arcuate, such that in the closed position the flexible wall portion can wrap around a portion of a post and the first and second end portions engage to form a connector engagable with an end of a rail for supporting drawers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.