US 4,062,302 AGranted

Shelving assembly with removable divider inserts

AssigneeSafco Products Co.

InventorBradford J. Krizan

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Abstract

A shelf and divider assembly comprising a rigid shelf unit with a plurality of shelves includes removable and collapsible fiberboard inserts which partition the shelf spaces laterally and vertically and which lock in place behind the corner posts of the shelf unit. A literature storage fiberboard insert is removably installed between rigid shelves by downward and inward folding of end locking segments on horizontal shelf panels to positions wherein the locking segments clear the corner posts of the shelf unit. After the fiberboard insert is in place between shelves, the end locking segments are folded outwardly to their normal positions of use wherein they extend behind the front corner posts. A fiberboard insert having vertical dividers for lateral filing is removably installed between rigid shelves by moving dividers on opposite ends of the insert into locking positions behind the corner posts of the shelf unit after the insert has been placed between rigid shelves.

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Dependent claims

A shelf and divider assembly comprising:

a shelf unit comprised of rigid, upright end support means spaced apart a predetermined shelf length and a plurality of rigid shelves secured therebetween in vertically spaced relation, each of said end support means having a vertically extending front segment projecting inwardly across the front face of said shelf unit beyond the end extremities thereof;
a divider unit removably positioned between a pair of said rigid shelves and resting on one of said shelves, said divider unit being comprised of an upright divider support member and a plurality of fiberboard partitions restrainably engaged therewith;
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at least on locking segment on one of said partitions at each end of said divider unit in a locking position behind said vertically extending front segments of said end support means to restrain said divider unit against forward movement of said shelf unit, said locking segments being movable inwardly from said end support means out from behind said vertically extending front segments thereof to non-locking positions wherein said divider unit may be freely inserted between and removed from said rigid shelves of said shelf unit without interference with said end support means.

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