Shelf and bracket assembly

Claim 1

A shelf and bracket assembly adapted to be attached to a pair of vertically extending standards comprising, at least two brackets each having a hook portion and a body portion forming an acute angle of approximately 15* with said hook portion when said bracket is in an unloaded condition, said body portion having transversely extending, generally circular holes near the top edge thereof, slots extending respectively between said holes and said top edge of said bracket, shelf means including longitudinally extending rods, said rods each being generally circular with a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said hole, said rods each having a neck section of substantially the same width as said slots to allow entry of said rods into said holes, and at least two rods extending transversely of and attached to said longitudinally extending rods, said transversely extending rods being located near different ends of said longitudinally extending rods whereby upon attachment of said brackets to said vertically extending standards a resilient torsional stress is applied by each of said brackets to the rods of said shelf means to rigidly attach said shelf means to said brackets to form said assembly.