Shelving system
AssigneeZag Industries Ltd.
InventorRowi Cohen
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Abstract
A shelving system adapted for compact packaging has a number of shelves of molded polymer material. Each shelf has at least two hollow support ribs of height h extending parallel to a width of the shelf, and at least one intermediate platform portion connecting between the support ribs. The intermediate platform portion has a height significantly less than h such that a first and a second of the shelves can be positioned in an interlocking storage configuration with at least one of the support ribs of the first shelf adjacent to the intermediate platform portion of the second shelf so as to form a compact shelf-pair package.
Claims19
A shelving system adapted for compact packaging comprising a plurality of shelves of molded polymer material, each of said shelves having at least two hollow support ribs extending parallel to, and along substantially the entirety of, a width of said shelf, said hollow support ribs having a height h, each of said shelves further including at least one intermediate platform portion connecting between said support ribs, said at least one intermediate platform portion having a height significantly less than h such that a first shelf and a second shelf from said plurality of shelves can be positioned in an interlocking storage configuration in which at least one of said support ribs of said first shelf is adjacent to said intermediate platform portion of said second shelf so as to form a compact shelf-pair package having a total height less than 2.times.h.
A shelving system adapted for compact packaging comprising:
- (a) a plurality of shelves of molded polymer material, each of said shelves having at least two hollow support ribs extending parallel to, and along substantially the entirety of, a width of said shelf, at least one of said hollow support ribs of each of said shelves having an elongated internal cavity, and at least one intermediate platform portion connecting between said support ribs;
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- (b) a plurality of rods for supporting said plurality of shelves in spaced relation,
- wherein said elongated internal cavities and said rods are configured such that each of said rods can be introduced into a storage position in which said rod is substantially fully inserted within one of said elongated internal cavities.
A shelving system adapted for compact packaging comprising:
- (a) a plurality of shelves of molded polymer material, each of said shelves having at least two hollow support ribs extending parallel to, and along substantially the entirety of, a width of said shelf, and at least one intermediate platform portion connecting between said support ribs;
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- (b) for each of said shelves, a plurality of compound plug elements, each of said compound plug elements being formed from at least two plug sections which assume a substantially separated state for compact storage and an interconnected state configured for engaging an open end of one of said hollow support ribs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.