초록

An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure, that includes a plurality of generally rectangular resilient flat panels that snaps into the side openings of the wire shelf structure without tools and generally without the need for fasteners.

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1. An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structu

1. An enclosure system, for a wire shelf structure having at least two horizontal shelves with peripheral support members, with said horizontal shelves being mounted to spaced apart vertical posts by means for mounting, and wherein each of a plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure is circumscribed by adjacent spaced apart vertical posts and a corresponding section of the peripheral support members of each of two horizontal shelves disposed between said posts, comprising:at least one generally rectangular resilient flat panel, each at least one panel being adapted for enclosing one of the plurality of enclosable openings, said at least one panel having a first transverse dimension parallel to a first edge of said panel that is greater than a first corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and a second transverse dimension that does not substantially exceed a second corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, which is parallel to a second edge of said panel and perpendicular to the first transverse dimension, whereby, said at least one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure can be substantially enclosed by flexibly bending the at least one panel about a line perpendicular to the first transverse dimension to allow the distance between a first pair of opposite edges of the panel to be less than the first corresponding transverse dimension of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, by inserting the respective said opposite edges of the panel that is flexibly bent into said one of the plurality of enclosable openings, and by then allowing the panel to resiliently substantially flatten with said opposite edges secured respectively by corresponding opposed edges of said one of the plurality of enclosable openings of the wire shelf structure, and the entire procedure may be reversed to remove the at least one panel.