In one embodiment, a shelving apparatus generally includes a track and a standard. The track includes a support portion having an upper support surface and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion. The standard includes a back surface having an opening. When the support po
In one embodiment, a shelving apparatus generally includes a track and a standard. The track includes a support portion having an upper support surface and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion. The standard includes a back surface having an opening. When the support portion is within the opening, an upper surface of the opening contacts the upper support surface of the support portion, and the extension is engagingly received within a portion of the opening. This engagement of the extension within the portion of the opening can inhibit disengagement of the standard from the track.
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What is claimed is: 1. A shelving apparatus comprising a track and a shelf standard, the track including a support portion having an upper substantially horizontal planar support surface and a lower substantially horizontal planar surface vertically spaced from and connected to said upper substanti
What is claimed is: 1. A shelving apparatus comprising a track and a shelf standard, the track including a support portion having an upper substantially horizontal planar support surface and a lower substantially horizontal planar surface vertically spaced from and connected to said upper substantially horizontal planar support surface by a connecting portion such that a spaced distance separates the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces from each other, and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion, the shelf standard including a back surface having an opening, the opening including a portion that engagingly receives the extension of the support portion, and an upper substantially horizontal planar surface that contacts the upper substantially horizontal planar support surface of the support portion when the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces of the support portion are at least partially within the opening, whereby engagement of the extension within the portion of the opening inhibits disengagement of the standard from the track; a bracket engageable with a front surface of the shelf standard, and a shelf supportable by the bracket; wherein the front surface of the shelf standard includes a plurality of apertures, and wherein the bracket is mountable to one or more of the apertures. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the portion of the opening that receives the extension comprises a notch. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the notch has a generally rectangular transverse profile, and wherein the extension has a generally rectangular transverse profile. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shelf standard is slidably movable along the track. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces and the connection portion of the support portion, excluding the extension, collectively define a generally U-shaped transverse profile, and wherein the opening, excluding the portion that receives the extension, includes a generally U-shaped transverse profile. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extension extends generally upwardly from the upper substantially horizontal planar support surface of the track, and wherein the portion of the opening that engages said extension extends generally upwardly from the upper substantially horizontal planar surface of the opening. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extension extends generally vertically from the support portion, and wherein the portion of the opening extends generally vertically from the opening. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the opening includes a lower substantially horizontal planar surface vertically spaced from the opening's upper substantially horizontal planar surface, wherein a spaced distance separates the opening's lower substantially horizontal planar support surface from the support portion's lower substantially horizontal planar surface when the support portion is within the opening such that, when the shelf standard is moved upward relative to the track, contact between the opening's lower substantially horizontal planar surface and the support portion's lower substantially horizontal planar support surface can inhibit disengagement of the shelf standard from the track. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extension includes an upper substantially horizontal planar surface, and wherein the portion of the opening that engages said extension includes an upper substantially horizontal planar surface that contacts the extension's upper substantially horizontal planar surface when the support portion is within the opening. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extension includes front and back substantially vertical planar surfaces, and wherein the portion of the opening that engages said extension includes front and back substantially vertical planar surfaces for respectively contacting the extension's front and back substantially vertical planar surfaces for inhibiting disengagement of the shelf standard from the track. 11. The apparatus of claim 1: wherein the extension includes: an upper substantially horizontal planar surface; and front and back substantially vertical planar surfaces extending upwardly from the support portion's upper substantially horizontal planar support surface towards the extension's upper substantially horizontal planar support surface; wherein the portion of the opening that engages said extension includes: an upper substantially horizontal planar surface that contacts the extension's substantially horizontal planar surface when the support portion is within the opening; and front and back substantially vertical planar surfaces extending upwardly from the opening's upper substantially horizontal planar surface towards the upper substantially horizontal planar surface of the portion of the opening, the front and back substantially vertical planar surface configured for respectively contacting the extension's front and back substantially vertical planar surfaces for inhibiting disengagement of the shelf standard from the track. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extension is configured for contacting at least one surface defining at least a portion of the opening when the support portion is within the opening. 13. A method of supporting a shelf standard with a track, the track including a support portion having an upper substantially horizontal planar support surface and a lower substantially horizontal planar surface vertically spaced from and connected to said upper substantially horizontal planar support surface by a connecting portion such that a spaced distance separates the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaced from each other, and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion, the shelf standard including a back surface having an opening configured to engagingly receive the support portion, the opening including a portion configured to engagingly receive the extension of the support surface, the method comprising positioning the shelf standard relative to the track such that the portion of the opening engages the extension, the opening engages the support portion of the track with the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces of the support portion at least partially within the opening, and the upper substantially horizontal planar support surface of the support portion contacts an upper substantially horizontal planar surface of the opening; the method further comprising mounting at least one bracket on a front surface of the shelf standard, wherein the front surface of the shelf standard includes a plurality of apertures, and wherein the bracket is mountable within one or more of the apertures; the method further comprising mounting a shelf on the at least one bracket. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein positioning includes, after the extension is at least partially received within the portion of the opening, rotating the shelf standard relative to the track to cause the opening to engage the support portion of the track. 15. The method of claim 13, further comprising attaching the track to a surface. 16. The method of claim 13, further comprising sliding the shelf standard along the track. 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising attaching the shelf standard to a surface after sliding the shelf standard along the track. 18. The method of claim 13, wherein the portion of the opening that receives the extension comprises a notch. 19. The method of claim 13, wherein the extension extends generally upwardly from the upper substantially horizontal planar support surface of the track, and wherein the portion of the opening extends generally upwardly from the upper substantially horizontal planar surface of the opening. 20. The method of claim 13, wherein the extension extends generally vertically from the support portion, and wherein the portion of the opening extends generally vertically from the opening.
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