Steel shelving

Abstract

Abstract LIGHT WEIGHT STEEL SHELVING IN WHICH SHORT SECTIONS OF CORNER POSTS ARE SNAP ASSEMBLED BY THE CUSTOMER IN ENDTO-END RELATIONSHIP AND HELD IN ALIGNMENT AND AGAINST SEPARATION BY A CONNECTOR WITH A MOLDED PAD CAMMED INTO PLACE BETWEEN THE ENDS IN WEIGHT BEARING RELATIONSHIP. THE CONNECTION ACCOMMODATES VARIOUS SHAPED POSTS AND COMPRISES AN ELONGATED GENERALLY U-SHAPED SPRING ELEMENT BRIDGING THE JOINED ENDS AND IS PROVIDED WITH CAMMING SHOULDERED SPRING ACTUATED DETENTS WHICH, UPON INSERTION AND ADVANCEMENT INTO THE ENDS OF POST SECTIONS SPRING INWARDLY OF THE WALLS OF THE POST SECTIONS UNTIL THE SHOULDERED DETENTS SNAP INTO SHOULDERED APERTURES IN THE POST WALLS IN INTERLOCKING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH AGAINST RECTILINEAL SEPARATION. A SINGLE POST ASSEMBLY CAN BE DESASSEMBLED INDIVIDUALLY EITHER BY SLIGHT RELATIVE ROTATION WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE POST BUT WHEN ASSEMBLED AS A CORNER POST IN SHELVING IS HELD AGAINST RELATIVE TWISTING AND PERFORMS AS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OR, TIERED SHELVING CAN BE SEPARATED AS UNITS BY SPRING DETENT ENGAGING IN EITHER OF THE TWO ABUTTING POST SECTIONS PRESENT AT EACH CORNER OF THE SHELVING. PROVISION IS ALSO MADE WITH THE CONNECTOR FOR DECOR PANELS POSTS AND NESTED LEVELING PADS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POSTS FOR STABILIZING THE SHELVING.

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