Composite shelving system

Claim 1

A composite shelving system comprising two sidepieces and a plurality of rectangular shelves (4) arranged therebetween, whereby each sidepiece is built of two columns (1) joined by connecting means (2), and whereby the shelves (4) comprise protruding supporting means (10) secured in apertures (6) in the columns (1), said apertures facing the centre of the shelving system, and whereby the two sidepieces are braced by cross bars (3), characterized in that each column is constituted by a profiled bar (1) comprising at least one very long main slot (16) for receiving the connecting means (2), and at least two small auxiliary slots (5), into which the ends (3a) of the cross bars are loosely insertable since the profiled bar (1) comprises a substantially C-shaped, but almost closed cross section (FIG. 2), and since the ends of the free webs of the "C" are bent so as to form flanges (17a,, 17b), said flanges forming the main slot (16), whereas the auxiliary slots (5) are provided at the portion of the profiled bar (1) corresponding to the back of the "C", and that the connecting means (2) are constituted by abutting sheet members comprising bent portions (14) at their side edges, said portions being adapted so as to cooperate with the flanges (17a, 17b) of the profiled bars, whereby the sheet members (2) are inserted into the main slot (16) of the profiled bars, and that the supporting means of the shelves are constituted by tongues (10) cut out of and bent outwards from the shelves, said tongues being capable of clamping the lower portion (6a) of the edge of the apertures (6) of the profiled bars.