Shelf kit

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a shelf kit for a shelf system which is easily and variably installed without the use of tools.
This is accomplished according to the invention in that the upright members are composed of a plurality of upright segments each taking up the height of a shelf compartment; the compartment bases are longer than the width of a shelf compartment; and the upright segments, in their front and rear end regions projecting beyond the compartment bases, are provided with vertical passages into which rods can be inserted that extend vertically over the height of the shelf arrangement.
In conventional shelf arrangements, the vertical upright members usually constitute continuous components while the compartment bases are inserted individually.
In the present invention, this principle is reversed.
The compartment bases extend at least over several compartments while the upright segments support the successive compartment base boards against one another.
The rods inserted into the vertical edges of the upright segments serve to hold the upright segments in the vertical position and to stabilize the shelf arrangement as a whole.
Preferably, spacers are provided which are pushed onto the rods between pairs of upright segments and take up the height of a compartment base.
While most times the upright segments have the height of a shelf compartment, they may also be subdivided into strip-like configurations which may also be provided, for example, alternatingly with spacers so that the upright segments as a whole form a type of lath grid.
It has already been pointed out that spacers of the height of the compartment bases are disposed on the rods between the upright segments.
Instead of the spacers, other components may also be hooked in at this location, for example doors to close off individual shelf compartments.
All statements such as "top", "bottom", etc.
refer to the finished, assembled shelf arrangement.