Shelving unit

A shelving unit comprising:

• a deck for storing items;
• a frame for supporting the deck along at least a portion of its perimeter, the frame being formed by two or more beams, each of the beams including at least one opening at each end of the beam for receiving a fastener;
• fasteners for the opening at the end of each of the beams forming the frame, the fasteners comprising shoulder bolts, each shoulder bolt having a head and a shank, with the shank having a threaded proportion distal to the head and an unthreaded portion proximal to the head;
• and
• multiple vertical posts for supporting the beams, each vertical support including at a plurality of generally keyhole shaped openings;
• wherein the fasteners are directly attached to the beams by inserting the fastener shank through the openings at the end of the beam and tightening a nut on the threaded portion of the shank;
• and wherein the beams are attached to the vertical posts by inserting the shoulder bolt head into one of the keyhole shaped openings in the vertical support.

A shelving unit comprising:

• a deck for storing items;
• a frame for supporting the deck along at least a portion of its perimeter, the frame being formed by two or more horizontal support beams;
• and
• multiple vertical posts for supporting the beams;
• wherein the frame is attached to the vertical supports by way of shoulder bolts at each end of each of the two or more beams, the shoulder bolts having a head and a narrower shank, each of the shoulder bolts being attached to the beams by a nut threaded onto a threaded portion of the shank so that the head and an unthreaded portion of the shank extend from the outer face of the beam so that the head can be inserted into one of a plurality of keyhole shaped opening in the vertical support, each opening having a wider upper portion and a narrower lower portion, said keyhole shaped opening sized so that the upper portion is large enough to receive the head portion of a shoulder bolt or similar fastener, while the lower narrow portion extending downward is sufficiently wide to receive the shank of the shoulder bolt or similar fastener but not large enough to allow passage of the head.

A shelving unit comprising:

• a plurality of decks for storing items;
• a frame for supporting each of the decks along at least a portion of its perimeter, the frame being formed by two or more horizontal support beams;
• one or more fasteners that can be attached at each end of the two or more horizontal support beams, the fasteners comprising shoulder bolts having a head and a narrower shank, each of the shoulder bolts capable of being attached to the beams by a nut threaded onto a threaded portion of the shank so that the head and an unthreaded portion of the shank extend from the outer face of the beam;
• and
• multiple vertical posts for supporting the beams, each vertical support having a plurality of vertically spaced keyhole-shaped openings with each keyhole-shaped opening having a wider upper portion and a narrower lower portion, said keyhole shaped opening sized so that the upper portion is large enough to receive the head portion of said shoulder bolts, while the lower narrow portion extending downward is sufficiently wide to receive the shank of the shoulder bolts but not large enough to allow passage of the head portion of said shoulder bolts
• wherein each frame can be attached to the vertical supports by way of shoulder bolts attached at each end of each of the two or more horizontal support beams, so that the head of each shoulder bolt can be inserted into the wider upper portion of one of the plurality of keyhole-shaped openings in a vertical support and the frame then pushed downwardly so that the shank of the shoulder bolt slides into the lower narrower portion of the keyhole-shaped opening.