(under subclass 186) Device provided with a plurality of shelves, or a plurality of members that support the shelves, each of which plurality resembles the other(s), the plurality being arranged one above the other(s), and each shelf or members above the lowermost being supported by the shelf or member immediately therebelow.
(1) Note. The units may also be arranged in plural side-by-side vertical columns, or in staggered array wherein one unit is only partly over an underlying unit.
(2) Note. The units may be interconnected by separate means that facilitate the stack arrangement. In the instance of stacked similar shelves those above the lowermost include interconnecting means that maintain the shelves apart.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
194, for a rack including stacked similar units.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces,
91, for plural shelves including nested or stacked units.
