A connection device is disclosed for installing a shelf or a shelf frame on a vertical support to construct a shelving unit The connection device includes a hanger component and a bracket. The hanger component is equipped with a main body designed to be suspended from the vertical support such that an engagement portion engages behind a perforation of the vertical support and a support portion is arranged outside of the perforation. The bracket includes a housing portion designed to rest against the vertical support and a cavity shaped to receive the support portion of the main body of the hanger component. The bracket includes a clamping mechanism for clamping the housing portion of the bracket together with the vertical support when the cavity of the housing portion receives the support portion, and the main body of the hanger component is suspended from the perforation of the vertical support.

An adjustable rack system, a shelving system, and methods are provided. The adjustable rack system includes an adjustable frame and an adjustable rack. The adjustable frame includes a front rail, a rear rail and at least one longitudinally adjustable rail. The longitudinally adjustable rail interconnects the front and rear rails. The longitudinally adjustable rail is longitudinally adjustable in length to adjust the spacing between the front and rear rails along an adjustment axis. The adjustable rack is removably attached to the adjustable frame. The adjustable rack includes a first panel defining a rear edge of the adjustable rack and a second panel defining a front edge of the adjustable rack. The second panel is adjustably positionable relative to the first panel to adjust a spacing between the front and rear edge of the adjustable rack. The adjustable rack defines a top surface defined in part by each of the first and second panels.

A wine rack system having a standard with first and second elongated strips disposed in a substantially parallel and spaced relationship. At least first and second pins extend between the first and second elongated strips. Adjacent pairs of pins are spaced a first distance apart. A support arm is configured to attach to an adjacent pair of the pins. A connecting end of the support arm is sized for receipt between the spaced elongated strips. The connecting end includes an upper recess formed in an upper edge and a lower recess formed in a lower edge. Bottom ends of the recesses are spaced a second distance apart that is less than a distance between the pair of adjacent pins allowing for engagement of the pins within the recesses. A bottle holder configured to support a wine bottle is attached to the support arm.

A support system for mounting a shelf to cabinet walls having vertical slots therein. The support system comprises rack rails to insert in the slots, each one of the rack rails comprises a series of upwardly arched channels. The support system further comprises mounting components to mount to the rack rails at similar heights, each one of the mounting components comprising a support face for supporting the shelf, an arched arm to be inserted in the arched channel, and an abutting face to contact one of 1—the rack rails to be mounted thereto and 2—one of the cabinet walls to be mounted thereto through one of the rack rails thereby limiting course of the arched arm in the arched channel. Once the mounting components are mounted to the rack rails, the mounted components provide support faces to set down the shelf thereon.

A storage rack apparatus including a locking mechanism that secures a bracket (10) to a supporting member such as a wall-mounted rail (48) or panel (54). A securing bar (36) is rotatably attached to the body (12) of the bracket and is rotatable between unlocked (FIGS. 3 and 6) and locked (FIGS. 4, 5, 7, and 8) positions. In the unlocked position, an unlocking portion (44) of the securing bar does not make contact with the rail or panel. In the locked position, a locking portion (46) of the securing bar makes forced contact with a front surface (50, 62) of the supporting member, thereby placing the hooks (24, 26) of the bracket into frictional engagement with the rear surface (16) of the supporting member to resist movement of the bracket from its installed position.

A shelf system with bars and with at least one connecting strut for connecting two bars adjacent to each other is provided. The connecting strut has receiving devices on its end faces. An undercut profile extending substantially parallel to the bar is attached or can be attached to the bar of the shelf system. Every undercut profile has two or more profile parts which are detachable from one another and can be joined together to form mutually flush surfaces. The profile part has a projection, which can be inserted into a recess of a bar, respectively, and the receiving device of the connecting strut can be pushed onto the undercut profile in its joined state.

A storage rack apparatus including a locking mechanism that secures a bracket (10) to a supporting member such as a wall-mounted rail (48) or panel (54). A securing bar (36) is rotatably attached to the body (12) of the bracket and is rotatable between unlocked (FIGS. 3 and 6) and locked (FIGS. 4, 5, 7, and 8) positions. In the unlocked position, an unlocking portion (44) of the securing bar does not make contact with the rail or panel. In the locked position, a locking portion (46) of the securing bar makes forced contact with a front surface (50, 62) of the supporting member, thereby placing the hooks (24, 26) of the bracket into frictional engagement with the rear surface (16) of the supporting member to resist movement of the bracket from its installed position.

Adaptable bracket assemblies may be used with a plurality of different slotted standards. The bracket assembly may include two tabs or teeth, three notches, and a fastening mechanism (such as a tightening screw). The depth and shape of the tabs or teeth may be provided to allow attachment of the bracket assembly to a plurality of different vertical slotted standards. Further, the dimensions of the bracket assembly may allow the bracket assembly to be used adaptably on any of a plurality of different vertical slotted standards (i.e., A line, B, line, C line) that may be installed in a retail environment. Thus, it is not necessary to procure different types of brackets depending on which slotted standard is being used within a retail environment.

Disclosed is a shelving system comprising a vertical surface and at least one shelving bracket, wherein the shelving bracket comprises a first projection in the form of an integral hook-shaped fastening element on the upper portion of one end of a bracket element; a second projection in the form of an aligning projection on the lower portion of said end of the bracket element; and a hollow tube-like support element, wherein the opposite end of the bracket element extends internally to one end of support element and toward the opposite end of the support element.