Enclosed shelving
AssigneeMetropolitan Wire Corporation
InventorsJohn H. Welsch, John J. Chapko, Robert J. Carver
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Abstract
An enclosed shelving having a top shelf supported above a bottom shelf with each of the shelves including a peripheral lip, the enclosure having an open wire construction including side and rear panels provided with retaining fingers extending at the upper and lower ends thereof to engage the peripheral lip of the shelves, thereby retaining the panels in place. The fingers are offset with respect to the panels, with the extent of offset of the fingers alternating between a greater and lesser degree of offset to thereby straddle the peripheral shelf lip and retain the panels in place. A pair of front door panels are hinged to the side panels and are provided with a latching mechanism whereby the enclosed shelving can be used for security purposes.
Claims28
Enclosed shelving comprising:
- a top shelf supported above a bottom shelf, each of said shelves having a peripheral lip;
- side panels and a rear panel having an open wire construction disposed about said shelves;
- retaining finger means extending from upper and lower ends of said panels for engaging said peripheral lip of each of said shelves to retain said panels in place about said shelves;
- coupling means interconnecting said side panels and said rear panel;
- a pair of front door panels having an open wire construction;
- hinge means interconnecting each of said side panels to an associated one of said door panels;
- closure means for closing said front door panels;
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- said closure means including a vertically sliding bar secured onto one door panel of said pair, downwardly depending gripping fingers coupled to top and bottom portions of said bar for respectively engaging said peripheral lip of said top and bottom shelves when said bar is slid downwardly and releasing said peripheral lip when said bar is slid upwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.