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A shelf section either having a bottle holding region or a central wood member supporting a platform and adapted to fit against a wall section where there are exposed 2 by 4 wooden posts at spaced intervals. The shelf section has a horizontal platform, part of which is positioned between adjacent 2

A shelf section either having a bottle holding region or a central wood member supporting a platform and adapted to fit against a wall section where there are exposed 2 by 4 wooden posts at spaced intervals. The shelf section has a horizontal platform, part of which is positioned between adjacent 2 by 4 posts, and the other part extending outwardly from the posts. A pair of mounting flanges attach to the outer surfaces of the 2 by 4s, and a pair of braces extend between the flanges and the platform. The shelf section is designed to be made from a single metal sheet cut to the appropriate dimensions and configuration, and is arranged so that a plurality of shelf sections can next within one another for storage, transportation, etc.

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I claim: 1. A bottle holding shelf section adapted to be connected to two posts, with each post having a front surface and a lateral surface, and with the lateral surfaces facing each other, said shelf section comprising: a) a platform having front and rear platform portions and oppositely position

I claim: 1. A bottle holding shelf section adapted to be connected to two posts, with each post having a front surface and a lateral surface, and with the lateral surfaces facing each other, said shelf section comprising: a) a platform having front and rear platform portions and oppositely positioned side platform edge portions, a front-to-rear longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis, with this platform being arranged so that in an operating position, a rear portion of the platform is positioned between the two posts with rear side edge portions of the platform being adjacent to the posts and the front platform portion extends forwardly of the posts, the platform having a surface defining a bottle holding region; b) a pair of mounting flanges, located on opposite sides of the shelf section and positioned in a manner that with the shelf section in the operating position, the mounting flanges are located at an intermediate location between the front and rear platform portions so as to be adjacent to the respective front surfaces of the posts so as to be able to be connected thereto; c) a pair of bracing members located on opposite sides of the platform, each bracing member connecting between one of said pair of mounting flanges at a rear connecting location spaced vertically from the platform and at a forward connecting location at a forward side edge portion of the platform; d) whereby the shelf section can be positioned in the operating position with the rear platform portion being located between the two posts, and being properly mounted to the posts by means of the two flanges in a manner which loads on the platform are supported by the flanges at said intermediate location. 2. The bottle holding shelf section as recited in claim 1, wherein a forward portion of the platform has front side edges which extend in a forward and inward direction toward the longitudinal center axis, and the two bracing members are each attached to the converging forward side edge portions of the platform, and extend upwardly therefrom and join to the related flange members, whereby a plurality of bottle holding shelf sections can be stacked together in nesting relationship with related forward portions of the bottle holding shelf sections nesting with one another. 3. The bottle holding shelf section as recited in claim 2, wherein each bracing member has a lower edge portion connected to a related forward side edge portion of the platform, and a vertical rear edge by which the bracing member connects to a vertical connecting edge of its related flange. 4. The bottle holding shelf section as recited in claim 3, wherein said bottle holding shelf section is an integral structure formed from a generally planar piece of sheet metal, and the sheet metal has bend lines corresponding to connecting lines between the two bracing members and the platform, and also corresponding to vertical connecting lines between the two bracing members and the two flange members, with the bracing members and the flange members having a bent configuration along the bend lines so that the bracing members extend generally vertically upwardly from the platform, and the two flange members lie generally in a vertical laterally aligned plane. 5. The bottle holding shelf section as recited in claim 1, wherein the bottle holding shelf section is made as a integral structure, and is formed from a flat piece of sheet metal, having side portions functioning as said bracing members and bent along bend lines so as to be extending vertically upwardly from the platform, and with the two flange members being bent along bend lines connecting to the bracing members and extending laterally therefrom and the bottle holding region is formed by removing longitudinal lengths of metal and forming a lip region extending longitudinally and adapted to support a bottle thereon. 6. The bottle holding shelf section as recited in claim 1, wherein the bottle holding shelf section is made from a plastic injection molding process and is a unitary structure. 7. A shelf section adapted to be connected to two posts, with each post having a front surface and a lateral surface, and with the lateral surfaces facing each other, said shelf section comprising: a. a platform having front and rear platform portion and oppositely positioned side platform edge portions, a front-to-rear longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis, with this platform being arranged so that in an operating position, at the rear portion of the platform is positioned between the two post and the front platform portion extends forwardly of the posts and a wood member positioned under the platform; b. a pair of mounting flanges, located on opposites sides of the shelf section and positioned in a manner that with the shelf section in the operating position, the mounting flanges are located at an intermediate location between the front and rear platform portions so as to be adjacent to the respective front surfaces of the posts so as to be able to be connected thereto; c. a pair of bracing members located beneath wood member and attached thereto, each bracing member connecting between a related flange at a rear connecting location spaced vertically from the wood member and at a forward connecting location at a forward side edge portion of the wood member; d. said shelf section being characterized in that the platform, the mounting flanges, and the bracing members are formed into the shelf section from a single piece of preform sheet metal which has a preform configuration which comprises: i. a rear generally rectangularly shaped planer preform platform portion with longitudinally extending rear side edges spaced laterally from one another at a spacing distance equal or nearly equal to a distance between adjacent lateral surfaces of adjacent post so as to be able to fit between and adjacent to said adjacent lateral surfaces; ii. a forward generally planar preform platform portion which has a front end edge portion and two side forward platform bend lines which extend from rear edge portion of the forward generally planar preform platform portion in a forward direction; iii. two bracing preform portions, each having a platform connecting portion at a related one of the side forward platform bend lines; iv. two flange preform portions, each of which has a bracing bend line at which a flange perform portion connects to a related one of the bracing preform portions; v. each of said bracing bend lines being perpendicular to a related one of said forward platform bend lines; e. said preform sheet metal being formed by bending the two flange preform portions substantially ninety degrees about its related bracing bend line, and bending each bracing preform portion substantially ninety degrees about its related forward platform bend line. 8. The shelf section as recited in claim 7 wherein said two side forward portion bend lines converge toward one another in a forward direction and the two bracing bend lines are each perpendicular to its related side forward platform bend line, so that the shelf section can be stacked in nesting relationship. 9. A support unit adapted to be connected to at least two exposed studs, with each post having a front surface and a lateral surface, and with the lateral surfaces facing each other, said support unit comprising: a. a tray having front and rear tray portions and oppositely positioned side tray edge portions, a front-to-rear longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis, the tray being arranged so that in an operating position, a rear portion of the tray is positioned between the two exposed studs with rear side edge portions of the tray being adjacent to the exposed studs and the front tray portion extends forwardly of the exposed studs; b. a wood member positioned under the tray and having an upper surface, lower surface and a forward surface; c. a pair of mounting flanges, located on opposite sides of the support unit and positioned in a manner that with the support unit in the operating position, the mounting flanges are located at an intermediate location between the front and rear tray portions so as to be adjacent to the respective front surfaces of the exposed studs so as to be able to be connected thereto; d. a pair of bracing members located on opposite sides of the tray, each bracing member connecting between one of said pair of mounting flanges at a rear connecting location spaced vertically from the wood member and at a forward connecting location at a forward side edge portion of the wood member; e. whereby the support unit can be positioned in the operating position with the rear tray portion being located between the two exposed studs, and being properly mounted to the exposed studs by means of the two flanges in a manner which loads on the tray are supported by the flanges at said intermediate location. 10. A support unit as recited in claim 9 where in the tray has a forward trough region extending positioned adjacent to a forward portion of the wood member. 11. A support unit as recited in claim 10 where in the trough region comprises a bracing member that forms a plurality of openings adapted to have attachment members extend therethrough and fixedly attach the tray to the wood member. 12. The support unit as recited in claim 9, wherein a forward portion of the tray has front side edges which extend in a forward and inward direction toward the longitudinal center axis, and the two bracing members are each attached to the bottom portions of the wood member, and extend downwardly therefrom and join to the related flange members, whereby a plurality of trays can be stacked together in nesting relationship with related forward portions of the support units nesting with one another. 13. The support unit as recited in claim 12, wherein each bracing member has a lower edge portion connected to a related forward side edge portion of the wood member, and a vertical rear edge by which the bracing member connects to a vertical connecting edge of its related flange. 14. The support unit as recited in claim 13, wherein said tray is an integral structure formed from a generally planar piece of sheet metal, and the sheet metal has bend lines of the bracing member form flanges adapted to form an upper surface to engage the wood member, and also corresponding to vertical connecting lines between the two bracing members and the two flange members, with the bracing members and the flange members having a bent configuration along the bend lines so that the bracing members extend generally vertically upwardly from the platform, and the two flange members lie generally in a vertical laterally aligned plane.