CA2516243A1 - Stock shelving system - Google Patents

Abstract

Shelves are mounted on a pair of slides, and the slides mounted to a pair of mounting brackets, themselves mountable to a pair of standards. The shelves pull out on the slides, away from the standards. The distance between the pair of slides may be adjusted. A
pair of opposed facing tangs are mounted on the base end of each mounting bracket. Each pair of tangs are adjustable to clamp into slots in the corresponding standard.

Description

STOCK SHELVING SYSTEM
Field of the Invention 3 This invention relates to the field of shelving generally and in particular to an adjustable slide-out shelving system for retail stores having high stock turnover such as retail ~~rocery stores, pharmacies and the like.
Background of the Invention In retail stores, 8t)% of the product is sold from 2(l% of the store. For example, a store with ten aisles will have two of those aisles producing 80% of the store total sales.
These sections are known as high traffic areas. Because 80% of the stores' sales originate from the high traffic area, 80% of the stoeki.ng costs are spent replenishing 20%
of the store. With any business, inventr~ry control is a key in~~redient in deriving profits from operations.
Pharmacies and other retailers of consumable products must ensure that their inventory is properly rotated (old inventory sold before new inventory) each time the shelf is stocked.
Conventional shelving units seen in the retail market typically comprise a flat board used as a shelf, brackets with tangs, and vertical supports or standards. The bracket tangs are inserted into slots in the vertical supports, and the flat board typically rests on these brackets. Conventional standards are manufactured by Loz~ier TM (see Figure 1), Hussman rM
(ss Figure 2 ), and Tyler TM (see Figure 3). The prior art also contains designs and systems for sliding, extensible or slide-out shelves and drawers, and in this regard applicant is aware of the following L.Tnited States Patents: 5,720,230; 6,021,908; 6,497,185; 6.364,136;
6,375,015;
5,4$7,525; and, 4,620,489.

It is one object of the present invention to provide for the interchangeability of shelves and tangs with standards regardless of the spacing of the standards or the lacauon of the apertures or slots in the standards.
Summa of the Invention Th.e shelving system of the present invention provides an adjustable slide-out shelf for shopkeepers so as to improve the ergonomics of the restocking process, reduce labour and time; and to provide for easier inventory counts, and better quality uyntrol. These IO combined advantages reduce operating costs.
The adjustable slide-out stock shelving system of the present invention makes the re-stacking process more efficient by removing the step of having t.o take the old product.
off the conventional :fixed shelf and placing, if on the floor. only to have tcs return it back. onto the shelf once the new product is loaded onto the rear of the shelf. This also potentially reduces the amount of bending a worker has to perform. By eliminating the stage of having to put the old product on the floor and then putting it back after unpacking and placing the new product on the shelf, the shelving system of the present invention speeds up this otherwise laborious process.
The shelving system of the present invention mounts to existing shelving standards, saving the cost of a full replacement of both shelves and standards.
The present invention is both a novel hardware system for retro-fitting slide-out shelves onto existing standards, and for improved modular shelf construction, and is also a novel method. The method of the present invention is for installing and operating selectively extendable and retractable pullout shelves constructed according to the present invention.
Each of the shelves may include:

(a) a substantially planar shelf which may be modularly constructed to adjust its depth and to provide cun~ed or flat t~ont edges: and.
{b) mounted tc> thc. shelf, at and beneath longitudinally opposite ends of the shelf, so as to be disposed substantially entirely beneath the opposite ends of the shelf; an opposed pair of drawer runners or slides {hereinafter slides) extending across the ends of the shelf for selective translation of the shelf from a retracted position adjacent a corresponding pair of shelving standards., to which are mounted the pair 1 () of drawer slides an mounting brackets, to an c:xtendc.~d position extended cantilevered from the pair o1' shelving standards on the pair of drawer slides wherein at least one of the slides is slidably mounted to the underside of the shelf for sliding adjust~x~ent lcml,~ituciinally along the underside of the shelf;
{c) one or more pairs of vertically adjustable hooked-tautg keys mounted to the ends of the brackets adjacent the standards wherein each pair of keys are vertically spaced apart relative to each other and selectively adjustable to selectively vary the spacing between the keys in each pair of keys, the keys and slides thus adjustable to align the tangs on the keys with existed mounting slots in the columns of the standards.
Further advantageously the pullout shelves of the present invention are mountable to the shelving standard in closely spaced array, side-by-side between adjacent standards.
In summary the present invention according to one aspect is a shelving system for mounting to at least one pair of parallel, substantially vertical, laterally spaced apart shelving standards, cohere the standards are latcrall_y spaced apart a first distance. The system includes:
a) at least two pairs of keys, each pair of keys of said two pairs of keys S having vertically spaced apart opposed facing upper and lower keys having opposed facing tangs, that is a downwardly inclined tang extending: cantilevered from the upper key and an upwardly inclined tang extending cantilevered from the lower key in opposed facing relation tcz the downwardly inclined tang for releasably interlocking mating with corresponding vertically spaced apart slots in each stand column in the pair of standards, b) at least one: pair of rigid bracket arms mounted or mountable to the keys, each bracket arm mounted or mountable to a corresponding pair of 1 S vertically spaced keys.
c) manually extendable slides, mounted or mountable to each bracket arm, translatable in a lateral direction between a retracted position and an extended position cantilevered froze each bracket arm, d) a rigid substantially planar shelf mounted or mountable onto the slides, at opposite ends of the shelf, and so as to extend longitudinally between the slides when the slides are mounted to each pair of bracket arms and the bracket arms to the standards, wherein the shelf has a first len~,~th 2S measured longitudinally froze and between each end of the shelf,.
wherein at least one of the slides is slidably mounted to the corresponding end of the shelf for selectively adjustable sliding longitudinally relative to the shelf so as to adjust the longitudinal distance between the two pairs of keys. when mounted to the bracket arms. to correspond to the first distance when the first length is greater than the first distance.
A selectively actuable actuator such as a threaded member including a shaft or bolt may be provided which is mountable to each pair of vertically spaced keys fir selectively engaging and tightening each opposed facing pair of tangs onto the corresponding standard when each pair of keys are mounted thereto. The actuator tightens the tangs into snug mating engagement in the corresponding slats in the standard and thereby increases the rigidity of the F O hooked mating of the tangs into the slats in the standards. In one embodiment the actuator includes a threaded member rotatably journalled through corresponding pairs of bares in the vertically spaced pairs of keys so that one key of each pair i.s threadably mounted to the threaded member where the elongate member is threadably mounted to that key by engaging threads in the corresponding bore for sliding translation of the threaded member relative to the key. The other key in each pair of keys lnay be: rigidly mounted to the end of the mounting bracket and the threaded-bore key slidably mounted to the end of the mounting bracket so that turning the threadc,-~d member causes adjustment of the spacing between the upper and lower keys in each pair of keys.
The shelf may include modularly interlocking shelf members which arc releasably mountable to one another. Thus a shelf depth perpendicular to the first length may be adjusted by removing or installing the shelf members From or onto the shelf respectively.
The shelf members may also include a front member mountable at a distal end of the each pair of rigid bracket arms. distal. to opposite ends of the each pair of frigid bracket arms mountable to the corresponding keys. The front member may include electronic merchandising means mounted within the front member.
In a further aspect, the method according to the present invention of mounting a shelving system according to the present invention includes the steps of a) providing a pair of parallel, substantially vertical, laterally spaced apart shelving standards laterally spaced apart a first distance:
b) providing at least two pairs of vertically spacc;d apart keys releasably mated with the pair of standards, one vertically spaced apart pair of keys per standard c) providing a pair of rigid bracket arms mounted to the pairs of keys, each bracket arm of the pair of rigid bracket arms mounted to a corresponding pair of vertically spaced apart keys. wherein at least one of the keys in each pair is a slidable key sliclably mounted to the end of the bracket ann adjacent the corresponding standard for vertical sliding relative to the bracket arrn, d) providing manually extendable slides, mounted to the each bracket axm, translatable between a retracted position and an extended position cantilevered from the each bracket arm, e) providing a rigid substantially planar shelf mounted onto the slides, at opposite ends of the shelf, and so as to extend between the slides when the slides are mounted to the pair of rigid bracket arms, wherein the shelf has a first length measured from each end of the opposite ends, fj providing a threaded member for each pair of keys threadably mounted thereto for actuating vertical sliding of the siidable key along the end of the bracket ann, g) adjusting the vertical distance between each pair of keys, when nac~unt~d to the pair of rigid bracket arrr~s. to correspond to the vertical spacing between vertical spaced and vertically aligned slots in the standard and adjusting the horizontal distance between the pair of slides and i corresponding pair of mounting brackets to e;orrespond to the first distance, h;) inserting the pairs of tangs corresponding to the pairs of keys into the corresponding slots in the standard and turning the threaded member so 1 E) as to tighten the tangs in to snug mating engagement in the slots.
'fhe method may also include the steps of:
(a) laterally translating in a first direction the shelf fiom the retracted 1 ~ position tc> the extended position.
{b) laterally translating old product on the shelf in the fast direction so as to abut arid face the old product against a second or forward edge of the shelf opposite to the first or rearmost edge, {c) stock nc:w product can the shelf behind the old product on the shelf' so as to position the new product adjacent the cold product between the oId product and the rearmost edge of the shelf:
(d) laterally translate the shelf in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the extended position to the retracted position.
The method may also include the step of providing flanges mounted to forward and/or rear edl;es of the shelf, where each flange extends vertically upwards.

Brief Description of the Drawings Figure t is. in perspective view, a prior art shelving standard as manufactured by Lozier T~'~
Figure ? is, in perspective view, a prior art shelving standard as manufactured by Hussman T'~.
Figure. 3 is, in perspective view., a prior art shelving st~u~dard as manufactured by Tyler T'~.
Figure 4 is, in top perspective view, the shelving system according to the present invention shown mounting a Lazier standard, the shelf in the fully extended position.
i5 Figure 5 is, in top perspective view, the shelving system according to the presort invention mounted to a pair of Lozier standards, the shelf in the partially retracted position.
Fi~,rure 6 is, in top perspective view, the shelving system according to the present invention mounted to a pair of Hussman standards.
Figure 7 is the shelving system according to the present invention mounted to a pair of Tyler standards.
Figure 8 is a right rear bottom perspective view of the shelving system of Figure 4.

Figure 9 is a lets rear bottol~. perspective view of the shelving system of Figure 8.
Figure l t) is, in elevation view, a mounting bracket, slide and Icey clamp of the shelving system according to the present invention.
Figure 11 is, in perspective view. an upper key block of the key clamp of Figure 10.
I0 Figure l? is, in perspective view. at lower key slide of the key clamp of Figure 1 (3.
Figure l 3 is, in perspective view, a key of the key clamp of Figure 10.
I S Figure 14 is. in elevation view, the key of Figure 13 illustrating typical dimensions.
Figure 15 is, in top perspective view, an alternative embodiment of the shelf according to the present invention with a rounded fiont.
Figure 16 is, in front top perspective view, a further embodiment of the shelving system according to the present invention.
Figure 17 is, in partially cut away bottom perspective view, the shelving system of Figure I6.

Detailed Desc:rit~tion of Emhadiments of the Inventian The shelving system of the present invention streamlines the re-stocking process into five steps which follow onto how the stock on a shelf' is typically left by ..S consumers taking product from the shelf:
Step I } Move; new product to the vicinity of slide-out stack shelf 1 () ready to be stacked onto shelf. l ().
1 () Step 2} Pull shelf I () forward so as to cantilever shelf 1 () from its support standard 12 thereby allowing easy access to the old product on the shelf.
Step 3} M.ave old product forward on the shelf, thereby facing the shelf at the same time.
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Step 4} Place new product behind ald product .
Step 5} Push shelf l~ back into place flush with c>the.~r shelves.
20 With reference to the drawings wherein similar characters of reference denote, corresponding parts in each view, the shelving system of the present invention includes one or more laterally translatable shelves 1 d. Herein, lateral translation refers to pulling out or pushing in a shelf on its slides and longitudinal refe,~rs to th.e direction of the longitudinal axis of the shelf. The shelves may be retro-fitted for mounting to a spaced apart pair of generally ?S vertical and parallel standards. The shelves slide in and. out between a pair- of mounting brackets 14 supporting the shelf. Brackets I4 are cantilevered from the pair of standards. The sliding in and out of the shelves facilitates re-stocking of shelves 10 as old product on shelves may be moved frontwards and new product placed rearwards on the shelves without necessitating the prior removal of old product from the shelves.

Each shelf 1() lies horizontally flat between the corresponding pair of mounting brackets 14. IV(ounting brackets 14 are mounted to a corresponding pair of drawer slides Ifs.
Slides 16 are mounted under the oppositely disposed ends of shelf 1E).
Brackets 14 themselves mount to conventional shelving standards 12 by the use of a pair of keys 22.
Keys 22 mate ~~ith apertures or slots 18 wherein elongate, T-shaped etc. (herein collectively referred to as slots) in standards 12. At least one of the slides 16 is adjustably mounted to the underside of shelf 1U, for example by the use of bolts (not shown) engaging slots ?4a in longitudinally extending beams ?4 mounted under and along so as to support shelf 10 when under load. Slots ?4a allow for the selective adjustment of the spacing between fhe pair of mounting brackets and corresponding pair of slides on opposite iat~.~ral ends of each shelf 10.
Thus the spacing may be adjusted t«r different spacing between different pairs of standards 12, and allows ler a retro-fit mating of shelves 10 onto pre-existing shelving standards 2() where the standard uprights have apertures or slots into which the key tangs 2?a of keys 2? mate.
Keeping in mind that it is one object of the present invention to provide a single mounting bracket, slide and shelf design to provide a universal fit for existing standards such as found in conventional retail outlets, the sliding shelf must be capable of hearing a relatively heavy load when pulled outwardly on the slides so as to be fully cantilevered from the ?0 standards. without harming the standards due to the load. In particul~~r, the bending moment applied to the standard at the adjacent end of the mounting bracket cannot be so ~,~reat as to deform or tear the metal of the standard. If in one example the retail establishment is a grocery store, it would not be unusual to find one pound items such as a four hundred fifty gram container of sour cream, stacked four high, f ve deep, and ten wide, that is, te,Yn along tl~e length ?5 of shelf 10. These two hundred containers would thus weigh approximately two hundred pounds centered over shelf 10. Presuming that th.e product is being routinely faced against the forward edge of shelf l 0 after product has been removed by consumers from the shelf: the centex of gravity of the remaining product taken as a whole shifts .from the longitudinal centreline of the shelf towards the forward edge. Thus if the center of gravity of produca on shelf 10, when fully extended on slides 16, is cantilevered approximately two feet from standard 12, then when loaded with an evenly distributed two hundred pounds, the mounting brackets will exert a moment of approximately four hundred foot-pounds on standards 12.
evenly distributed between the pair of mounting brackets, where the mounting brackets mate onto the corresponding pair of standards.
As described above, keys ?2 are mounted to the end of mounting brackets 14 adjacent standards 12 so as to engage tangs 22a extending from keys 22, into mating engagement in slots I8 in standards I?. Because it is desirable to have a single key and tang 1 () design fit most if not all existing stzndards, and in particular so that tangs 22a fit into most if not all existing slots I 8 in those standards, tang 22a can he no larger than the smallest of slats 18. Thus for example if the height of slots I 8 in the Hussman''ris standard of Figure 2 is one half inch and the height of slot 18 in the L ozier ~' standard of Figure 1 is three duarters of an inch, then a tang 22a must be able to fit into the smaller Hussman TM slot 18 as well as into the I S larger Lfozier TM slot. Further, if the width of a sI<rt 18 in the Lc>zior TM standard is three sixteenths of an inch, and the width of a slot 18 in the Tyier TM standard of Figure 3 is one eighth of an inch, then again tangs 22a cannot be any wider than one eighth of an inch so a.5 to fit into not only the Lazier TM but also the Tyler ~r~M standards. This limits the surface area of each tang 22a which may be hrought to hear on the corresponding Ic>ad bearing surfaces in 20 slots I 8 of standards I2. By way of example, the dimensions of key 22 and tang 22a may be as set out in Figure 14 wherein the linear dimensions are in inches and the angular dimensions are in degrees, and wherein, although not illustrated, a1.1 sharp edges on surfaces in contact with the surfaces of a slot 18, are slightly rounded or bevelled.
25 An upper key block and a lower key slide are mounted onto each mounting bracket 14. A vertically alilmed pair of keys 22 are rigidly mounted onto upper key blocle 26 and lower key slide 28 respectively as by welding, bolting or the like. The keys are arranged so that tang 22a on the key 22 mounted to the upper key block 26 is inclined downwardly into opposed facing relation with an upwardly inclined tang 22a on the key 22 mounted to the lower key slide 28. Upper key block 2Ei has a channel 26a extending along the le~ng~th of the block. Channel 26a is sized so as to snugly slide over the upper corner 14a of' the base end of each of mounting brackets 14 so that upper key block 26 may be rigidly mounted thereto.
Cha~tu~el '?ba extends vertically upwardly from the lower end of~ upper key block 2fi. Upper key block 26 also has a vertically extending bore 26b which extends the vertical length of upper key block 2fi. A bolt 3U having a non-threaded upper portion 3s fully journalled through bore 26b so as to reside slidably in bore 26b. Bolt 30 has a lower threaded portion which threadably engages a correspondingly threaded bore 28b in lower key slide 28.
Lower key slide 28 is also mounted to the base end of bracket I 4 by means of a vertical channel 28a. Channel 28a extends the entire vertical height of key slide 28 so as to slidably mount key slide 28 onto the lower rear corner 14b of the base end ofmounting bracket 14. Thus with a lower key slide 28 slidably mounted onto each mounting bracket 14 by slidably mounting lower rear corners 14b into sliding engagement in channels 28a, bore 28b on key slide 28 and bore 26b on key block 2Ei mounted to upper corners 14a are vertically aligned so as to receive bolt 3U journalled through the bores so that the lower threaded portion of'boit 30 threadably engages the threads in bore 28b.
Thus vc~ith bolt 30 journalled through bores 26b and 28b, turning bolt 3U
selectively adjusts the vertical separation distance a between the ends of the opposed facing tangs 22a. In use then, bolt 30 is turned so as to adjust distance "a", for example, so as to be slightly greater than the spacing between two slots 18, shown as distance "b"
in Figure 1.
With distance "a" so set. thE. opposed facing pair of tangs 22a on the corresponding pair of upper key block 26 and lower key slide 28 may be inserted into the corresponding slots 18, labelled 18' and l8" in Figure 1. Tangs 22a are inserted fully into slots 18' and 18" and bolt 3U
then turned so as to close distance "a" by retracting lower key slide 28 towards upper key block 2fi until the tangs 22a are snugly mated with standard 12 by mugging shoulders 22b against the corresponding load bearing edges. respectively 18a' and 18a" of slots 18' and 18".

In the example iliustratecl, bolt 30 is approximately four inches long. It has been found that the greater the spacing between upper key block 26 and lower key slide 28.
that is, the ~meater distance "a" when the upper key block and the lower key slide ~~ro mated to a standard 12. the greater the load hearing capacity of shelf i0 without deforming standard 12 when shelf 10 is fully extended cantilevered outwardly on mounting brackets 14 and slides l 6.
Thus it was found that increasing the length of bolt 30 from approxi2nately three inches to approximately four inches, increased the load bearing capacity approximately one hundred pounds, apparently because the longer bolt 30 allowed the upper key block and lower key slide to be mounted into a pair of slots 18 spaced further apart from one another;
for example. into l0 slots 18' and 18" leaving one slot l8 un-used therebetween. Using a four inch bolt, it was found that; with shelves 10 having a nominally two hundred fifty pound load capacity and extended fully away from the standards, the Hussman TM standards failed at approximately a twc> hundred thirty pound loading on shelf 10 and the Lozier T~ standards failed at approximately a t~.vo hundred ninety pound loading on shelf 10.
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In the embodiment illustrated, the head of bolt 3p is 'formed for mating with an alien key wrench. Other embodiments intended to be included within the sccspe of the present invention include the use of bolts ~(> having thumb screw heads which allow for a manual turning of bolt ;() without the need far a wrench or other tools.

2() As seen in Figure I5, in one embodi~n~;nt of the present invention. the front edge IOa of the shelf may be curved, which although illustrated as being a convex curvature_ is not intended to be so limited, and is intended to merely illustrate that the front edge may be curvilinear including whether convex or concave.
In the embodiments of Figures 1 fl and 17, support beams 24 axe notched at their ends so that shelf l 0 may be mounted down flush onto the upper edges of mounting brackets 14.

As will be apparent to these skilled in the art in the Iight of~ the foregoing disclosure. many alterations and modifications are possible in the practice of this invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. Accordingly. the scope of the invention is to be construed in acc<mdance with the substance defined by the tt~llowing claims.

Claims (11)

1. A shelving system for mounting to a pair of parallel, substantially vertical, spaced apart shelving standards spaced apart a first distance, wherein each standard in the pair of standards has a vertically spaced apart array of slots, the shelving system comprising:
a) a pair of keys adapted for releasably interlocking mating to said each standard in said slots wherein said pair of keys includes first and second keys, wherein said first key is mounted to a key mount so as to dispose a first tang on said first key outwardly of said key block, and wherein said second key is mounted on a slide block so as to dispose a second tang outwardly of said slide block, b) a pair of rigid bracket arms wherein each bracket arm of said pair of bracket arms has a base end and a cantilevered end, c) a pair of slides, wherein each slide of said pair of slides is mounted to one of said each bracket arms whereby said pair of slides are mounted to said pair of bracket arms for selective cantilevered extension of said pair of slides in a first direction from said cantilevered ends of said pair of bracket arms, d) a rigid shelf mounted atop of said pair of slides for extension on said pair of slides from said cantilevered end of said pair of bracket arms, wherein at least one slide said pair of slides is removably mounted to adjustment means on an under side of said shelf for releasably lockable positioning of said at least one slide under said shelf in a horizontal second direction perpendicular to said first direction whereby a spacing between said pair of bracket arms may be selectively adjusted for retro-fit to said pair of standards.

wherein said key mount is rigidly mounted to said base and of said each bracket arm and wherein said slide block is slidably mounted to said base end of said bracket arm so as to dispose said first and second tangs in opposed facing relation to each other and so as to dispose said first and second tangs outwardly of said base end of said bracket arm for engagement into a corresponding vertically spaced apart pair of slots in said vertically spaced apart array of slots in said each standard, and wherein a selectively actuable clamping member is mounted to said key mount and said slide block to selectively clam said opposed facing pair of said first and second tangs towards each other to matingly engage said first and second tangs in said each standard behind said pair of slots.

2. The shelving system of claim 1 wherein said each bracket arm is planar and lies in a vertical plane and wherein said key meant is rigidly mounted to an upper edge of said base end and wherein said slide block is slidably mounted to an end edge of said base end below said key mount, and wherein said first tang is inclined downwardly and wherein said second tang is inclined upwardly.

3. The shelving system of claim 1 wherein said clamping member includes a shaft and wherein said key mount has a vertical first bore therethrough and wherein said slide block has a vertical second bore therethrough, and wherein said first and second bores are vertically aligned when said key mount and said slide block are mounted on said base end of said each bracket arm, and wherein said shaft journals through said first and second bores.

4. The shelving system of claim 3 wherein said shaft is a threaded member.

5. The shelving system of claim 4 wherein said second bore is threaded and only a corresponding end of said threaded shaft is threaded for threaded mating into said second bore whereby rotation of said threaded shaft translates said slide block relative to said key mount and vertically along said base end.

6. The shelving system of claim 5 wherein said first and second keys are planar.

7. The shelving system of claim 6 wherein said first and second tangs are planar hooked tangs.

8. The shelving system of claim 7 wherein said threaded shaft is a bolt and said slide block has an elongate channel along its length for sliding mating with an end edge of said each bracket arm.

9. The shelving system of claim 1 wherein said adjustment means includes adjustment slots extending in said second direction in said underside of said shelf and wherein fasteners on said at least one slide slidably engage said adjustment slots.

10. The shelving system of claim 9 wherein said shelf includes supporting beams extending along said underside and wherein said adjustment slots are formed in said beams.

11. A method for mounting a shelving system comprising the steps of:
a) providing a pair of parallel, substantially vertical, laterally spaced apart shelving standards laterally spaced apart a first distance;

b) providing at least two pairs of vertically spaced apart keys releasably mated with the pair of standards, one vertically spaced apart pair of keys per standard c) providing a pair of rigid bracket arms mounted to the pairs of keys, each bracket arm of the pair of rigid bracket arms mounted to a corresponding pair of vertically spaced apart keys, wherein at least one of the keys in each pair is a slidable key slidably mounted to the end of the bracket arm adjacent the corresponding standard for vertical sliding relative to the bracket arm, d) providing manually extendable slides, mounted to the each bracket arm, translatable between a retracted position and an extended position cantilevered from the each bracket arm, e) providing a rigid substantially planar shelf mounted onto the slides, at opposite ends of the shelf, and so as to extend between the slides when the slides are mounted to the pair of rigid bracket arms, wherein the shelf has a first length measured from each end of the opposite ends.
f) providing a threaded member for each pair of keys threadably mounted thereto for actuating vertical sliding of the slidable key along the end of the bracket arm, g) adjusting the vertical distance between each pair of keys, when mounted to the pair of rigid bracket arms, to correspond to the vertical spacing between vertical spaced and vertically aligned slots in the standard and adjusting the horizontal distance between the pair of slides and corresponding pair of mounting brackets to correspond to the first distance, h) inserting the pairs of tangs corresponding to the pairs of keys into the corresponding slots in the standard and turning the threaded member so as to tighten the tangs in to snug mating engagement in the slots.