Two Component Shelving System

A two component shelving system comprising an outer structure made from a first blank and an inner structure made from a second blank;

• wherein
• the first blank comprises a plurality of front panels, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear wall, a plurality of shelf front flaps, the front panels are connected to the first sidewall and to the second sidewall along first fold lines;
• the first sidewall is connected to the rear wall along a second fold line;
• each shelf front flap is connected to a front panel along a third fold line, each shelf front flap has rear edge and comprises a die cut tab located between the third fold line and the rear edge, the rear wall defines a plurality of vertically spaced apart rear wall slots;
• and
• the second blank comprises a pair of vertically elongated connecting flaps, a plurality of inner horizontal support panels hingedly connected to the vertically elongated connecting flaps along sixth fold lines, and a plurality of shelf rear flaps, each shelf rear flap comprising a main panel and a shelf tab hingedly connected to the main panel along a seventh fold line, each main panel hingedly connected to an inner horizontal support panel along a fourth fold line, each main panel defining a slot for receiving a tab from a corresponding shelf front flap, each shelf tab configured to cooperate with a corresponding rear wall slot to lock each rear flap in a horizontal, load bearing position.

A method of assembling a shelving system comprising the steps of:

• providing a first blank comprising a plurality of front panels, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear wall, a plurality of shelf front flaps and a vertical glue flap;
• the plurality of front panels being connected to the first sidewall along a first set of co-linear first fold lines and to the second sidewall along a second set of co-linear fold first lines, the first sidewall being connected to the rear wall along a second fold line;
• each shelf front flap being connected to a front panel along a third fold line, each shelf front flap comprising a tab;
• the vertical glue flap being hingedly connected to the rear wall along a fifth fold line;
• the rear wall defining a plurality of rear wall slots;
• providing a second blank comprising a pair of vertically elongated connecting flaps, a plurality of inner horizontal support panels hingedly connected to the vertically elongated connecting flaps along sixth fold lines, and a plurality of shelf rear flaps hingedly connected to the inner horizontal support panels along a fourth fold line;
• each shelf rear flap comprises a main panel defining a slot for receiving a tab from a corresponding shelf front flap and a rear flap tab hingedly connected to the main panel along a seventh fold line;
• adhering one of the vertically elongated connecting flaps of second blank to the first sidewall of the first blank;
• folding the first blank along the first fold lines and the second fold line;
• adhering the second sidewall to the glue flaps;
• rotating each shelf rear flap along a fourth fold line until each rear flap tab is inserted into a corresponding rear wall slot;
• and
• rotating each shelf front flap along a third fold line until each front flap tab is inserted into a rear flap slot.