Shelf structure

In a shelf structure or stand for supporting a load by cantilever bracket, a combination comprising a post having a front side and a rear side, and an upper end and a lower end, said post being capable of placement in an upright active position relative a floor adjacent a supporting surface,

• said front side having a plurality of vertically spaced slots adapted to releasably receive a cantilever bracket,
• leg means for self-stabilizing said post extending forwardly from said lower end of the post at an oblique angle thereto having a tubular supporting element with a length transverse of the post greater than its width at the lower end thereof,
• the post, when in said upright active position, having at least a portion of the rear side capable of being disposed against the supporting surface, and said leg means, when in said upright active position, having said supporting element capable of being disposed upon the floor, the post and leg means each being structurally independent of and free of fastening means for connection with any floor and supporting surface, surface,
• the post being supported when in said upright active position only by disposition of the leg means upon the floor and disposition of at least a portion of the rear side of the post against the supporting surface, due to said oblique angle and said tubular support element providing a force in a direction against the supporting surface and the post being self-stabilized when in said upright active position and supporting any load such that lateral destabilization thereof requires a lifting of any load supported by said post.