Shelving system

A shelving unit for a shelving system which system includes a plurality of corner posts, each post comprising a plurality of holding means, the holding means being spaced along the length of said posts;

• p1 said shelving unit having at least two corners, said shelving unit being adapted to be mounted in a generally horizontal attitude between said posts with respective corners of said shelving unit being adjacent respective corner posts;
• said shelving unit comprising at said corners thereof, mating holding means for matingly engaging with selected ones of said holding means at its respective corner posts;
• whereby said shelving unit can be detachably and holdingly mounted on said corner posts at different positions thereof;
• said mating holding means are disposed on collars at said corners of said shelving units;
• each collar comprising a shelf attached portion, attached at each end of an edge or end member of each said shelving unit, and a detachable portion, adapted, in operation, to engage said shelf attached portion to form a collar around its respective corner post;
• said detachable portion comprising a back wall, a pair of side arms extending inwardly from each edge of said back wall, and insert receiving means in each of said side arms;
• and wherein each said shelf attached portion comprises insert means;
• whereby, in operation, the insert means is disposed in the insert receiving means of its associated detachable portion to thereby form a collar around its respective corner post;
• characterized in that one of said holding means or said mating holding means comprises a set of indentations including a plurality of indentations;
• and
• the other one of said holding means or said mating holding means comprises a plurality of mating protrusions;
• said protrusions being of a size and shape to fit into said indentations.

A system as defined in claim 27, wherein said insert receiving means comprises first upper and lower hollow cylindrical-like members separated by a first gap and attached at the free end of one of said pair of arms, and a first center hollow cylindrical-like member, disposed substantially in line with said first gap attached at the free end of the other one of said pair of arms;

• and wherein said insert means comprises, at one side thereof, second upper and lower hollow cylindrical-like members separated by a second gap, and a second center hollow cylindrical-like member disposed substantially in line with said second gap;
• whereby, in operation, said first center member is disposed in said second gap between said second upper and lower members to define a first passage through the hollow portions of said members;
• and whereby, in operation, said second center member is disposed in said first gap between the first upper and lower members to define a second passage through the hollow portions of the aforesaid members;
• and an insert member comprising a first elongated end for extending through said first passage and a second elongated end for extending through said second passage;
• said detachable portions and shelf attached portions forming, in operation, collars around respective corner posts.