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CA 1311790

PATENT - 9D-HR-17317-Roberts et al SHELF ASSEMBLY ABSTRACT A shelf assembly including a panel forming s shelf with a back wall, bottom wall ant side walls and having an elongated front shelf member and an end cap holding the shelf front member to each side wall of the shelf. The end cap has a base wall with perpendicular integrally formed rear, side and front flanges and the base wall has at the front thereof projections for securing thereto one end of the shelf front member. The end cap has a latching assembly secured to the rear flange and projecting rearwardly and receivable in an aperture in the panel side wall and includes two support legs each having a width slightly less than the distance between opposite edges of the side wall aperture. A spring member is located between the legs and attached to both support legs at one end away from the rear flange and the distal end of the spring member is free. The spring member has an inclined ramp portion extending from the attached end toward the rear flange and extends outside the diameter of the aperture in the panel. The spring member also has a panel engaging portion depending from the ramp portion in a direction of the leg at an included angle with the rear surface of the panel side wall of between 95 and 160 degrees. With the spring member being depressed and inserted into the aperture the rear flange abuts one side of the panel and the panel engaging portion of the spring member is biased against only the rear surface of the panel side wall to secure the end cap to the panel and the end cap is removable therefrom by depressing the spring member ant withdrawing the end cap from the aperture.

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