US 12,070,124 B2
Shelf assembly for high capacity storage
Jacob H. Whitta, Bluffton, OH (US); Ben Sayalith, Findlay, OH (US); Eric Hummel, Findlay, OH (US); and Tony Vilay, Findlay, OH (US)
Assigned to CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC, Sycamore, OH (US)
Filed by CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC, Sycamore, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/974,090.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,772, filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0129801 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 47/0083 (2013.01) [A47B 47/0091 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shelf unit for a shelf assembly, comprising:
a shelf body having a first end, a second end, a front side, a rear side, and an integral receiver, the integral receiver disposed adjacent the rear side of the shelf body between the first end and the second end of the shelf body, wherein the integral receiver is reinforced by at least one reinforcing rib integrally connected to the integral receiver and an adjacent wall, wherein the shelf body has at least one crossbar, the at least one crossbar is disposed between the first end and the second end of the shelf body, and the integral receiver is disposed in the at least one crossbar; and
a plurality of support posts, one of the plurality of support posts being an integral receiver post received by the integral receiver of the shelf body.