Coupling clip

Claim 1

A SHELVING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF SHELVING UNITS, EACH UNIT COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL SHELF AND A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL FRAME SUPPORTS MOUNTING SAID SHELF, SAID UNITS BEING DISPOSED IN END TO END RELATION SO THAT ONE VERTICAL SUPPORT OF ONE OF SAID UNITS IS CONTIGUOUS WITH ONE VERTICAL SUPPORT OF THE OTHER OF SAID UNITS, AND CLIP MEANS RELEASABLY SECURING TOGETHER SAID CONTIGUOUS VERTICAL SUPPORTS, SAID VERTICAL SUPPORTS EACH HAVING TWO PAIRS OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUPPORT ELEMENTS, THE TWO ELEMENTS OF EACH PAIR OF BEING IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT, THE VERTICAL ELEMENTS OF EACH OF SAID CONTIGUOUS FRAME SUPPORTS BEING IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE VERTICAL ELEMENTS OF THE OTHER OF SAID CONTIGUOUS FRAME SUPPORTS TO PROVIDE TWO PAIRS OF FOUR VERTICALLY ALIGNED ELEMENTS AT SAID CONTIGUOUS FRAME SUPPORTS, SAID CLIP MEANS COMPRISING ONE CLIP ENGAGED ON EACH PAIR OF SAID FOUR VERTICALLY ALIGNED ELEMENTS, SAID VERTICAL ELEMENTS BEING CONSTITUTED BY VERTICAL RODS, SAID CLIPS BEING CHANNEL MEMBERS HAVING CONFRONTING INTURNED ENDS ENGAGED ON THE OUTERMOST RODS OF EACH PAIR OF FOUR RODS, EACH CLIP HAVING A CUT-OUT-ADJACENT AND EXTENDING INWARDLY OF ONE INTURNED END THEREOF AND SAID ONE END HAVING AN OUTWARDLY OFF-SET PORTION, WHEREBY A TOOL MAY BE INSERTED THROUGH SAID CUT-OUT FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OFF-SET PORTION AND ONE OF SAID OUTERMOST RODS TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE THE CLIP FROM ITS ASSOCIATED RODS.