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US 2022/0167742 A1Published application
Wire shelf
AssigneeTrinity International Industries, L.L.C.
InventorsJERRY CHIAO, YUAN-LUEN CHUANG, CZE-CHAO TAM
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Abstract
A storage solution uses wire shelves where the width of the wire shelves can be customized by a user by adding one or more central members between two end members. Thus, the shelving can be installed in one cabinet having a first width, and moved, if desired, to a cabinet of a different width by adding or removing central members from the shelf. Further, a manufacturer can provide a variety of shelf sizes by simply varying the number of central members that are provided. The shelving may be attached at each end to a slide to permit one or more shelves to extend outward from the inside of a cabinet.
Claims18
A modular wire shelf comprising:
- a central member having a first side outer rod and a second side outer rod;
- a first side end member having a first side end member inside rod forming a first removable engagement with the first side outer rod;
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- a second side end member having a second side end member inside rod forming a second removable engagement with the second side outer rod, wherein
- when assembled, the central member, the first side end member and the second side end member form a planar wire shelf with the first side outer rod and the second side outer rod directly attached, along a respective length thereof, with respective ones of the first side end member inside rod and the second side end member inside rod;
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- the first side outer rod of a first one of the central member is configured to removably engage with the second side outer rod of a second one of the central member, such that one or more of the central member are engageable between the first side end member and the second side end member to adjust an overall width of the modular wire shelf.
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A modular wire shelf assembly comprising:
- a central member having a first side outer rod and a second side outer rod;
- a first side end member having a first side end member inside rod forming a first removable engagement with the first side outer rod;
- a second side end member having a second side end member inside rod forming a second removable engagement with the second side outer rod;
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- a plurality of engagement members configured to retain the wire shelf as a planar wire shelf during use thereof, wherein the plurality of engagement members include:
- a first engagement member extending from one of a front end or a rear end of the first side end member inside rod, extending beyond the first side end member inside rod, toward the central member;
- a second engagement member extending from either (a) a front end of the second side end member inside rod when the first engagement member extends from the rear end of the first side end member inside rod, or (b) a rear end of the second side end member inside rod when the first engagement member extends from the front end of the first side end member inside rod, the second engagement member extending beyond the second side end member inside rod, toward the central member;
- a third engagement member extending from either (a) a front end of the first side outer rod when the first engagement member extends from the rear end of the first side end member inside rod, or (b) a rear end of the first side outer rod when the first engagement member extends from the front end of the first side end member inside rod, the third engagement member extending beyond the first side outer rod, toward the first side end member;
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- a fourth engagement member extending from either (a) a front end of the second side outer rod when the second engagement member extends from the rear end of the second side end member inside rod, or (b) a rear end of the second side outer rod when the second engagement member extends from the front end of the second side end member inside rod, the fourth engagement member extending beyond the second side outer rod, toward the second side end member, wherein
- when assembled, the central member, the first side end member and the second side end member form the planar wire shelf with the first side outer rod and the second side outer rod directly attached, along a respective length thereof, with respective ones of the first side end member inside rod and the second side end member inside rod;
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- the first side outer rod of a first one of the central member is configured to removably engage with the second side outer rod of a second one of the central member, such that one or more of the central member are engageable between the first side end member and the second side end member to adjust an overall width of the modular wire shelf.
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A modular wire shelf comprising:
- a central member having a first side outer rod and a second side outer rod, one of the first side outer rod and the second side outer rod being hollow, the other being solid;
- a first side end member having a first side inside rod forming a first removable engagement with the first side outer rod, wherein the first side inside rod is either hollow to receive the solid one of the first and second outer rods of the central member, or the first side inside rod is solid to fit into the hollow one of the first and second outer rods of the central member;
- a second side end member having a second side inside rod forming a second removable engagement with the second side outer rod, wherein when the first side inside rod of the first side end member is hollow, the second side inside rod of the second side end member is solid, and when the first side inside rod of the first side end member is solid, the second side inside rod of the second side end member is hollow;
- a first engagement member formed as an extension of a first side end member rear rod beyond the first side inside rod of the first side end member;
- a second engagement member formed as an extension of a central member rear rod beyond the second side outer rod of the central member;
- a third engagement member formed as an extension of a central member front rod beyond the first side outer rod of the central member;
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- a fourth engagement member formed as an extension of a second side end member front rod beyond the second side inside rod of the second side end member, wherein
- when assembled, the central member, the first side end member and the second side end member form a planar wire shelf;
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- the first side outer rod of a first one of the central member is configured to removably engage with the second side outer rod of a second one of the central member, such that one or more of the central member are engageable between the first side end member and the second side end member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.