US 12,402,724 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 Aug. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/815,487.
Application 18/815,487 is a continuation of application No. 17/974,090, filed on Oct. 26, 2022, granted, now 12,070,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,772, filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0415280 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A47B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 47/0083 (2013.01) [A47B 47/0091 (2013.01)] 14 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, first and second support openings, an integral receiver, a first crossbar, a second crossbar, and a third crossbar, the first support opening disposed adjacent the first end and adjacent the rear side, the second support opening disposed adjacent the second end and adjacent the rear side, the integral receiver disposed adjacent the rear side between and spaced from the first end and the second end of the shelf body, the first crossbar being adjacent the front side and disposed between the first end and the second end, the second crossbar being adjacent the rear side and disposed between the first end and the second end, and the third crossbar being disposed between the first crossbar and the second crossbar and disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the integral receiver is reinforced by at least one reinforcing rib integrally connected to the integral receiver and an adjacent wall; 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.