Shelving unit

Claim 1

A shelving unit having end frames horizontally separated by at least 5 feet, said end frames each having two vertical uprights secured at the top by an upper horizontal member and at the bottom by a lower horizontal member, said frames connected therebetween adjacent said upper horizontal members, by at least front and back rails, said rails supporting metal sheet material thereabove thereby defining a horizontal shelf; said uprights, horizontal members and rails all being formed of rolled steel and of generally "U" shaped cross-section; and including brace means between said vertical upright members and said front and back rails, adjacent the junction thereof, to maintain the generally perpendicular relationsip of said rails relative to said vertical uprights, said front and back rails connected to said uprights to be at a height of about three feet and forming the lowest connection between said end frames at least at the front of said shelving unit, said shelving unit below said shelf and intermediate said end frames defining an open front and an unobstructed space between said end frames; and wherein one of said rail and horizontal members includes an end configuration including two parallel and spaced end tabs with each tab secured to said upright and the other of said rail horizontal members including an end configuration having two spaced tabs having a generally perpendicular orientation therebetween with one tab secured to said upright and the remaining tab secured to said member having said two parallel tabs at a position spaced from the end configuration.