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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Robert D Ferrucci, Nanticoke, PA (US);
Robert K Swartz, Dallas, PA (US);
Robert J Welch, Dallas, PA (US);
Joseph R Petcavage, White Haven, PA (US);
Metro Industries, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A modular shelving system including a plurality of support posts, a plurality of shelves having respective support members for supporting each of the plurality of shelves at selective locations on the plurality of support posts, and at least one divider including first and second support beams and a plurality of partitions disposed between the first and second support beams. Each of the first and second support beams is supportable on one of the plurality of shelves at first and second ends of the support beams, and each of the plurality of partitions is supported at respective ends thereof by the first and second support beams and projecting away from the first and second support beams, thereby defining a respective plurality of slots between the plurality of partitions.