US 12,256,837 B2
Rack assembly
Jared W. Hanlon, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Perfect Site LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Perfect Site LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,101.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,718, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287457 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 47/02 (2006.01); A47B 47/00 (2006.01); A47F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 47/021 (2013.01) [A47B 47/0083 (2013.01); A47F 5/01 (2013.01); A47B 47/00 (2013.01); A47B 47/024 (2013.01); A47B 47/027 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collapsible rack assembly comprising:
at least one vertical support;
a first elongated shelf and a second elongated shelf, each of said first and second elongated shelves having a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end, a top side and a bottom side, the first elongated shelf and the second elongated shelf each comprising:
a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a third sleeve, and a fourth sleeve;
a first side rail at said first side and extending between said first sleeve and said second sleeve, a second side rail at said second side and extending between said third sleeve and said fourth sleeve and generally parallel to said first side rail, a first end member at said first end, said first end member comprising a top end rail having ends directly connected to said first sleeve and said third sleeve and a bottom end rail spaced from said top end rail, said bottom end rail has ends that are directly connected to said first sleeve and said third sleeve, and a second end member comprising a top end rail having ends that are directly connected to said second sleeve and said fourth sleeve and a bottom end rail spaced from said top end rail of said second end member, said bottom end rail of said second end member has ends that are directly connected to said second sleeve and said fourth sleeve, said first and second side rails being longer than said first and second end members; and
a first pair of notches defined between said first sleeve and said third sleeve and a bottom portion of said bottom rail of said first end member and below connection points of the ends of said bottom rail of said first end member to said first and third sleeves, and a second pair of notches defined between said second sleeve and said fourth sleeve and a bottom portion of said bottom rail of said second end member and below connection points of the ends of the bottom rail of the second end member to said second and fourth sleeves;
wherein the first and second elongated shelves may be configured into an assembled configuration in which said first and second elongated shelves are spaced from one another by said at least one vertical support in a vertical arrangement, and wherein said first and second elongated shelves are configured to be arranged into a collapsed position in which the first elongated shelf and the second elongated shelf are inverted relative to one another with the bottom side of the first elongated shelf facing the bottom side of the second elongated shelf, and with the first elongated shelf offset from the second elongated shelf with said first side rail of said first elongated shelf located in one of said notches of said first or second pairs of notches of said second elongated shelf, whereby a height of said first and second elongated shelves in said collapsed position is less than a combined height of said first and second elongated shelves.