Shelf connector assembly

An assembly for connecting a shelf having an outer frame member to an upright post, comprising:

• (a) a dove-tail connector member having a longitudinal dimension and a lateral dimension and a pair of laterally spaced, opposed connector flanges projecting in opposite lateral directions,
• (b) means securing said connector member to the outer frame member of a shelf so that said longitudinal dimension is substantially vertical, and said connector flanges diverge in one longitudinal vertical direction,
• (c) a clip member having opposed arm members adapted to receive a portion of an upright post in an operative fixed position so that said arm members engage opposite sides of the upright post in said operative position,
• (d) said clip member having elongated, transversely spaced, clip flanges projecting in laterally opposite directions from said corresponding arm members and in corresponding opposite directions from said connector flanges, said clip flanges diverging in the same longitudinal vertical direction as said connector flanges, and
• (e) said connector flanges and said clip flanges being adapted to cooperate in longitudinal slidable engagement to lock said dove-tail connector member to said clip member and to secure the shelf to the post, in said operative position said arm members are sufficiently yieldable that they will be forced toward each other in binding engagement with the opposite sides of an upright post as said connector member moves longitudinally into locking engagement with said clip member.