Enclosure system for a wire shelf structure

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by spaced apart vertical posts and a corresponding section of the peripheral support members of each of two horizontal shelves disposed between said posts, comprising:

• at least one generally rectangular resilient flat panel,
• each at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• said at least one panel having a height when disposed in a vertical position that is greater than the distance between the peripheral support members of one of said two horizontal shelves and the peripheral support members of the other of said two horizontal shelves, and
• said panel having a width that is less than the distance between a first remote edge of one of the adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a second remote edge of the other one of the adjacent spaced apart vertical posts, which posts partially circumscribe said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and
• said at least one panel has recessed corners that are suitably sized to allow said at least one panel to substantially enclose said one of the plurality of enclosable openings independent of bending contact with the means for mounting,
• whereby, said at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be substantially enclosed by flexibly bending the panel about a horizontal line to allow the distance between an upper edge and a lower edge of the panel to be less than the distance between the peripheral support members of one of said two adjacent horizontal shelves and the peripheral support members of the other of said two adjacent horizontal shelves, by inserting the respective upper and lower edges of the panel that is flexibly bent into said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and then by allowing the panel to resiliently substantially flatten with said upper and lower edges secured by the respective peripheral support members of the wire shelf structure, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove the enclosing panel.

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by two horizontal shelves and adjacent spaced apart vertical posts, comprising:

• at least one generally rectangular resilient flat panel,
• said at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• said at least one panel having a height when disposed in a vertical position that is greater than the distance between the peripheral support members of one of said two horizontal shelves and the peripheral support members of the other of said two horizontal shelves, and
• said panel having a width that is not substantially greater than the distance between a first remote edge of the adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a second remote edge of the adjacent spaced apart vertical posts, which partially circumscribe said one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• said panel further having recessed corners that are suitably sized to allow said panel to substantially enclose said one of the plurality of enclosable openings independent of bending contact with the means for mounting,
• whereby, said one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be enclosed by flexibly bending the panel about a horizontal line to allow the distance between an upper edge and a lower edge of the panel to be less than the distance between the peripheral support members of one of said two horizontal shelves and the peripheral support members of the other of said two horizontal shelves, by inserting the respective upper and lower edges of the panel that is flexibly bent into said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and then by allowing the panel to resiliently substantially flatten with said upper and lower edges secured by the respective peripheral support members of the wire shelf structure, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove the enclosing panel.

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, an intervening horizontal shelf disposed between said two horizontal shelves, and a front face, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by two adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a corresponding section of the peripheral support members of each of the two horizontal shelves disposed between said posts, said intervening horizontal shelf has a lead wire extending outwardly from the front face, into another one of the plurality of enclosable openings and away from the intervening horizontal shelf, comprising:

• at least one generally rectangular resilient flat panel,
• each said at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of plurality of enclosable openings,
• said panel having a height when disposed in a vertical position that is less than the distance between the respective horizontal planes of said two horizontal shelves which partially circumscribe said one of a plurality of enclosable openings,
• said height further being greater than the distance between the horizontal plane of one of said two horizontal shelves and the peripheral support members of the other of said two horizontal shelves, and
• said panel having a width that is less than the distance between the centerlines of said adjacent spaced apart vertical posts, and
• said panel further having recessed corners that are suitably sized to allow said panel to substantially enclose said one of a plurality of enclosable openings independent of bending contact with the means for mounting;
• at least one rotatable flat panel that has an upper edge and a lower edge,
• means for rotatably securing the at least one rotatable flat panel to a border of another one of the plurality of enclosable openings;
• an elongated resilient wire cover having a cut along its length,
• said wire cover being adapted for covering at least a portion of the lead wire to provide a cushioning effect for said at least one rotatable panel being rotatably disposed in an the enclosing position,
• whereby, said one of plurality of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be enclosed by flexibly bending said panel about a horizontal line to allow the distance between an upper edge and a lower edge of said panel to be less than the distance between the horizontal plane of one of said two horizontal shelves and the peripheral support members of the other of said two horizontal shelves, and inserting the respective upper and lower edges of said panel that is flexibly bent in to said one of the plurality of enclosable openings and then allowing the panel to resiliently substantially flatten with said upper and lower edges secured by the respective peripheral support members of the wire shelf structure, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove the enclosing panel.

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a corresponding section of the peripheral support members of each of two horizontal shelves disposed between said posts, comprising:

• at least one generally rectangular resilient flat panel,
• each at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• said at least one panel having a first transverse dimension parallel to a first edge of said panel that is greater than a first corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and a second transverse dimension that does not substantially exceed a second corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, which is parallel to a second edge of said panel and perpendicular to the first transverse dimension,
• said at least one panel has recessed corners that are suitably sized to allow said at least one panel to substantially enclose said one of the plurality of enclosable openings independent of bending contact with the means for mounting,
• whereby, at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be substantially enclosed by flexibly bending the at least one panel about a line perpendicular to the first transverse dimension to allow the distance between a first pair of opposite edges of the panel to be less than the first corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, by inserting the respective said opposite edges of the panel that is flexibly bent into said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and by then allowing the panel to resiliently substantially flatten with said opposite edges secured respectively by corresponding opposed edges of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove the at least one panel.

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a corresponding section of the peripheral support members of each of two horizontal shelves disposed between said posts, comprising:

• at least one generally rectangular flat panel,
• each at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• said at least one panel having a first transverse dimension parallel to a first edge of said panel that is greater than a first corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and a second transverse dimension that does not substantially exceed a second corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, which is parallel to a second edge of said panel and perpendicular to the first transverse dimension,
• whereby, said at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be substantially enclosed by inserting the second edge of said panel into said opening, by inserting an opposite edge of said panel into said opening, and allowing both the second edge and the opposite edge to be engaged respectively by corresponding opposed edges of said opening, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove said panel.

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a corresponding section of the peripheral support members of each of two horizontal shelves disposed between said posts, comprising:

• at least one generally rectangular flat panel,
• each at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• said at least one panel having a first transverse dimension parallel to a first edge of said panel that is greater than a first corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and a second transverse dimension that does not substantially exceed a second corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, which is parallel to a second edge of said panel and perpendicular to the first transverse dimension,
• whereby, said at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be substantially enclosed by inserting the second edge of said panel into said opening a predetermined distance, by inserting an opposite edge of said panel into said opening, and allowing both the second edge and the opposite edge to be engaged respectively by corresponding opposed edges of said opening, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove said panel, and further comprising:
• a track system having an upper channel and a lower channel between which the two panels can be slidingly supported, each channel having a pair of parallel elongated recesses for receiving an edge of one of the two panels, each recess having an innermost vertex,
• said upper channel being attached to the underside of one of the two adjacent horizontal shelves which is above the other of the two adjacent horizontal shelves, and said lower channel being attached to the topside of the other of the two adjacent horizontal shelves,
• each of said two panels has a height when disposed in a vertical position that is less than the distance between the respective vertices of the upper and lower channels,
• each of said two panels having a width that does not substantially exceed half the distance between the centerline of one of the adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and the centerline of the other adjacent spaced apart vertical posts, which posts partially circumscribe said at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings,
• whereby, each of said two panels can be slidingly disposed in the track system to enclose the at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings.