Supports: racks – Elements
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-07
2006-11-07
Novosad, Jennifer E. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Elements
C211S090010, C211S153000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07131547
ABSTRACT:
A shelving unit for a wire rack is formed from an essentially flat elongated shelf member with at least one cleat attached transverse to the underside of the shelf member and extending downward between a pair of adjacent support wires of the wire rack, preferably in a frictional fit to prevent movement of the shelf in a sideways, forward and back, or twisting manner. Additional cleats, spaced apart from each other and extending downward between other pairs of support wires are typically used. The shelf unit member may be formed from slats that are spaced apart from each other or in contact with each other in a butt, lap, tongue and grove or other joint arrangement. Each cleat may be formed as two or more spaced apart cleat sections that, when properly sized and positioned, accept differently positioned cental support rods from major wire-rack manufacturers which serve as a stop to prevent the shelf unit from falling from the wire rack. Preferably, the cleats and shelf member are made from aromatic cedar to give an air, linen and clothing freshening aroma and insect repelling qualities.
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Yield House Fall 1997 Catalog; p. 27; Item F.
Kremblas, Foster Phillips & Pollick
Novosad Jennifer E.
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