ADAPTIVE SHELVING UNIT
Implementations included herein are directed towards an adaptive shelving unit including one or more mounting rails and one or more brackets attached to the mounting rails. A shelf top can extend between the brackets and be secured to the brackets via one or more fasteners. The brackets can be attached to the mounting rails via one or more retaining pins attached to the brackets being inserted into one or more apertures of the mounting rails. The adaptive shelving unit can include one or more rod rings attached to the shelf top. The adaptive shelving unit can also include one or more rod portions inserted through one or more of the rod rings.
1 . An adaptive shelving unit, comprising:
a first mounting rail and a second mounting rail, wherein each of the first mounting rail and the second mounting rail include a pair of sidewalls that extend from a top wall to a bottom wall, and a front face that extends between the pair of sidewalls and from the top wall to the bottom wall, and wherein the first mounting rail includes a first set of apertures in the front face of the first mounting rail and the second mounting rail includes a second set of apertures in the front face of the second mounting rail;
a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein the first bracket includes a first set of retaining pins and the second bracket includes a second set of retaining pins, wherein the first set of retaining pins are inserted into the first set of apertures and the second set retaining pins are inserted into the second set of apertures; and
a shelf top extending from the first bracket to the second bracket and secured to the first bracket and the second bracket.
2 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the first set of retaining pins or the second set of retaining pins are T-shaped.
3 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the first set of apertures or the second set of apertures are rectangular.
4 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 1 , wherein the first set of apertures are vertically aligned between the top wall and the bottom wall of the first mounting rail and/or wherein the second set of apertures are vertically aligned between the top wall and the bottom wall of the second mounting rail.
5 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more rod rings secured to the shelf top.
6 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 5 , further comprising:
a rod inserted through one or more of the rod rings.
7 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 1 , wherein the first bracket includes one or more first tabs that extend from the first bracket towards the second bracket and the second bracket includes one or more second tabs that extend from the second bracket towards the first backet, and wherein the shelf top is secured to one or more of the first tabs of the first bracket and one or more of the tabs of the second bracket.
8 . An adaptive shelving unit, comprising,
a first mounting rail, a second mounting rail, and a third mounting rail, wherein each of the first mounting rail, the second mounting rail, and the third mounting rail include a pair of sidewalls that extend from a top wall to a bottom wall and a front face that extends between the pair of sidewalls and from the top wall to the bottom wall, and wherein the first mounting rail includes a first set of apertures in the front face of the first mounting rail, the second mounting rail includes a second set of apertures in the front face of the second mounting rail, and the third mounting rail includes a third set of apertures in the front face of the third mounting rail;
a first bracket, a second bracket, a third bracket, and a fourth bracket, wherein the first bracket includes a first set of retaining pins, the second bracket includes a second set of retaining pins, the third bracket includes a third set of retaining pins, and the fourth bracket includes a fourth set of retaining pins, wherein the first set of retaining pins are inserted into the first set of apertures, the second set of retaining pins are inserted into a first subset of the second set of apertures, the third set of retaining pins are inserted into a second subset of the second set of apertures, and the fourth set of retaining pins are inserted into the third set of apertures; and
a shelf top extending from the first bracket to the second bracket and from the third bracket to the fourth bracket, wherein the shelf top is secured to one or more of the first bracket, the second bracket, the third bracket, or the fourth bracket.
9 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein the shelf top comprises a first shelf top portion that extends from the first bracket to the second bracket and a second shelf top portion that extends from the third bracket to the fourth bracket.
10 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the first set of retaining pins, the second set of retaining pins, the third set of retaining pins, or the fourth set of retaining pins are T-shaped.
11 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the first set of apertures, the second set of apertures, or the third set of apertures are rectangular.
12 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein the first set of apertures are vertically aligned between the top wall and the bottom wall of the first mounting rail and the third set of apertures are vertically aligned between the top wall and the bottom wall of the third mounting rail.
13 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein the first subset of the second set of apertures are vertically aligned between the top wall and the bottom wall of the second mounting rail and the second subset of the second set of apertures are vertically aligned between the top wall and the bottom wall of the second mounting rail.
14 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 13 , wherein the first subset of the second set of apertures and the second subset of the second set of apertures are horizontally aligned between the pair of sidewalls of the second mounting rail.
15 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein the first bracket includes a first set of tabs that extend from the first bracket towards the second bracket, the second bracket a second set of tabs that extend from the second bracket towards the first backet, the third bracket includes a third set of tabs that extend from the third bracket towards the fourth bracket, and the fourth bracket includes a fourth set of tabs that extend from the fourth bracket towards the third backet, and wherein the shelf top is secured to one or more of the first set of tabs, the second set of tabs, the third set of tabs, or the fourth set of tabs.
16 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , wherein one or more retaining pins of the first set of retaining pins, the second set of retaining pins, the third set of retaining pins, and the fourth set of retaining pins comprise:
a stem and a locking member, wherein the stem is attached to a respective bracket of the first bracket, the second bracket, the third bracket, or the fourth bracket and wherein the locking member is attached generally orthogonally to the stem.
17 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 8 , further comprising:
one or more rod rings secured to the shelf top.
18 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 17 , further comprising:
a rod inserted through one or more of the rod rings.
19 . An adaptive shelving unit comprising:
one or more mounting rails, wherein each mounting rail includes a pair of sidewalls that extend from a top wall to a bottom wall, a front face that extends between the pair of sidewalls and from the top wall to the bottom wall, and a set of apertures in the front face; and
one or more brackets, wherein each bracket includes a set of retaining pins, and wherein each of the sets of retaining pins is inserted into the set of apertures of a respective mounting rail.
20 . The adaptive shelving unit of claim 19 , wherein each retaining pin of the sets of retaining pins are T-shaped.