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A shelving unit comprises a pair of ladder-like members each formed from two vertical elements connected by a plurality of horizontal elements. Several interchangeable generally rectangular shelves rest upon respective opposed pairs of the horizontal elements. Each of the shelves presents a recessed

A shelving unit comprises a pair of ladder-like members each formed from two vertical elements connected by a plurality of horizontal elements. Several interchangeable generally rectangular shelves rest upon respective opposed pairs of the horizontal elements. Each of the shelves presents a recessed area along three of its edges which receives an adjacent edge of a U-shaped wall element. At least one, and preferably the front two, of the vertical elements provides a lighting tube for allowing illumination of displayed goods. The shelves can be rearranged without altering the electrical installation for the lighting tube. A series of the shelving units can be formed as a display cabinet, which can itself be formed as an enclosure to which access is gained through a covered entrance way constituting an information region.

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1. A shelving unit for displaying goods, the unit comprising: a pair of ladder-like members each formed from two vertical elements connected by a plurality of horizontal elements, the pair of ladder-like elements being so disposed relative to each other as to provide horizontally spaced, opposed

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A shelving unit for displaying goods, the unit comprising: a pair of ladder-like members each formed from two vertical elements connected by a plurality of horizontal elements, the pair of ladder-like elements being so disposed relative to each other as to provide horizontally spaced, opposed pairs of horizontal elements; a plurality of shelves, wherein one shelf rests upon one opposed pair of horizontal elements, and each shelf includes a recessed area and further wherein each of the shelves has an upper side, a lower side, and a periphery; wherein the recessed area of each shelf extends partially around each shelf on the upper side thereof; a plurality of wall elements, each wall element having a lower edge, the lower edge of each wall element being received in the recessed area in the upper side of an associated shelf, wherein at least one shelf is sandwiched between two wall elements, namely, an upper wall element and a lower wall element, the lower wall element having an upper edge, said at least one shelf having a recessed area in said lower side thereof which recess corresponds in configuration with the recessed area of the upper side, the upper edge of said lower wall element being received in the recessed area in the lower side of said at least one shelf to couple the lower wall element and said at least one shelf together, wherein said at least one shelf includes four sides and four corners and wherein the recessed areas in the upper and lower sides thereof are each in the form of a continuous recession extending adjacent to and along three of said sides to provide a "U" configuration, and wherein the wall elements have a U-shaped configuration corresponding with that of the recessed areas; and at least one of the vertical elements providing a lighting tube for illuminating the displayed goods. 2. A shelving unit according to claim 1, including a removable covered lining on the upper side of at least one of the shelves. 3. A shelving unit according to claim 1, wherein the four corners of each of the shelves cooperate with the vertical elements and are formed as indentations having outlines complementary to those of the cooperating vertical elements. 4. A shelving unit for displaying goods, the unit comprising: a pair of ladder-like members each formed from two vertical elements connected by a plurality of horizontal elements, the pair of ladder-like elements being so disposed relative to each other as to provide horizontally spaced, opposed pairs of horizontal elements; a plurality of shelves, at least one of said shelves resting upon one opposed pair of horizontal elements, each of the shelves including a recessed area; a plurality of wall elements, part of at least one wall element being received in the recessed area of said at least one shelf and another shelf being stacked on said at least one wall element and receiving another wall element, whereby the shelves and wall elements are coupled together; and at least one of the vertical elements providing a lighting tube for illuminating the displayed goods, wherein each of the vertical elements comprises a hollow tube, said at least one vertical element including a light source disposed therewithin and an elongated vertical slot in the region of said light source through which slot light from said light source may pass to illuminate the displayed goods. 5. A shelving unit according to claim 4 wherein each ladder-like member includes a front vertical element and a rear vertical element, so that the pair of ladder-like members includes two front vertical elements partially defining a front side of the shelving unit and two rear vertical elements partially defining the rear side of the shelving unit. 6. A shelving unit according to claim 5 wherein said two front vertical elements both provide lighting tubes for illuminating the displayed goods. 7. A shelving unit according to claim 5 wherein all of the wall elements face in the same direction and open towards the front of the shelving unit. 8. A shelving unit according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the shelves includes a slidably mounted panel. 9. A shelving unit according to claim 8, wherein the slidably mounted panel is movable towards the rear side of the shelving unit. 10. A shelving unit according to claim 4 wherein each of the horizontal elements has a horizontal width dimension and wherein each of the shelves extends across no more than half of the width of the horizontal elements which it rests on. 11. A shelving unit according to claim 4 including an illuminated glass panel on at least one of the wall elements. 12. A shelving unit according to claim 4 wherein the wall elements include an uppermost wall element and a lowermost wall element. 13. A shelving unit according to claim 12 wherein a cupboard is provided above the uppermost wall element. 14. A shelving unit according to claim 12 wherein the lowermost wall element at least partially houses an illuminated glass-fronted drawer assembly. 15. A display cabinet including a pair of shelving units according to claim 4, said shelving units being arranged in side-by-side relationship to form a shelving wall wherein one side of one shelving unit immediately adjoins one side of the other shelving unit, the adjoining sides of the pair of shelving units being defined by one shared ladder-like member which the pair of shelving units has in common so that one of the ladder-like members of one shelving unit is also one of the ladder-like members of the other unit, so that the horizontal elements of the one shared ladder-like members are also shared among the two adjoining shelving units, and so that the adjoining shelving units include pairs of adjoining shelves, one shelf of an adjoining pair being disposed in one shelving unit of the pair of units, the other being disposed in the other shelving unit. 16. A display cabinet formed from a series of shelving units according to claim 15 wherein each adjoining pair of shelves lie in a common horizontal plane and rest upon the shared horizontal element of the one shared ladder-like member located therebetween. 17. A display cabinet according to claim 15 wherein the shelving wall includes more than two adjoining shelving units connected together at preselected angles to one another. 18. A rearrangeable shop fitting formed from a display cabinet according to claim 17, in which the shelving wall encloses an area defining a central display region from which any goods displayed on the shelving units can be viewed, the shelving wall having two free ends, the two free ends being connected by a covered entrance way which has a display surface illuminated from above, the covered entrance way thus constituting a region through which a person must pass before gaining access to the display region. 19. A rearrangeable shop fitting according to claim 18, wherein the covered entrance way has an ornamental roof surmounting rigid supports which are interconnected by ornamental walls formed of sheet material. 20. A rearrangeable shop fitting according to claim 19, wherein the covered entrance way includes a ceiling mirror adjacent its roof and wherein the illumination on the display surface is provided by a lighting cone located centrally of the ceiling mirror with further light sources being located around the periphery of the ceiling mirror. 21. A rearrangeable shop fitting according to claim 19 or claim 20, in which the ornamental walls are formed of a woven or perforated sheet metal.