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A protective covering system for wire shelving, designed for ease of attachment to any wire shelving system. The protective covering system comprises a substantially rigid base which exhibits through areas for attachment of fastening devices between the upper surface of the substantially rigid base

A protective covering system for wire shelving, designed for ease of attachment to any wire shelving system. The protective covering system comprises a substantially rigid base which exhibits through areas for attachment of fastening devices between the upper surface of the substantially rigid base and the upper portion of the individual wire shelving member to be engaged. The gripping of the individual wire shelving member on at least each of four areas, in conjunction with the positioning of the upper head portion of the individual fastening members restrains the substantially rigid base from movement by limiting the three translational displacement components of degree of freedom.

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1. A shelving system and accompanying protective covering system comprising: a wire rack comprising at least two adjacent, parallel, spaced-apart support rods and a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart, support wires fastened at right angles to said support rods;an upper surface protective covering s

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A shelving system and accompanying protective covering system comprising: a wire rack comprising at least two adjacent, parallel, spaced-apart support rods and a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart, support wires fastened at right angles to said support rods;an upper surface protective covering system comprising:a substantially rigid base positioned above the wire rack and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface abutting the wire rack, the substantially rigid base having at least two apertures extending completely through the substantially rigid base from the upper surface to the lower surface, each of the at least two apertures receiving a fastening member, each one of the fastening members positioned between the upper surface of the substantially rigid base and only one of the plurality of support wires of the wire rack, each one of the fastening members attaching directly to only one of the plurality of support wires, the fastening members securing the substantially rigid base to the wire rack, the fastening members comprising: an upper head member and a lower member, the upper head member comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion directly contacts the upper surface of the substantially rigid base and does not contact the support wires, the upper head member being formed as a circular disc, having a diameter greater than a width of the lower member, the diameter of the upper head member being greater than a diameter of each of the at least two apertures, the lower member comprising: an upper section and a diamond-shaped lower section, the lower member sized to fit through one of the at least two apertures, the upper section having a length equal to or greater than a thickness of the substantially rigid base, the diamond-shaped lower section having a first prong and a second prong, the first prong and the second prong defining a hollow diamond-shaped aperture therebetween, the hollow diamond-shaped aperture accessible by only one of the plurality of support wires through a v-shaped opening and sized to removably and lockingly completely surround only one of the plurality of support wires, the v-shaped opening being formed when the first prong and the second prong are in contact when at rest, the v-shaped opening configured to receive and snap over only one of the plurality of support wires when the first prong and the second prong are urged apart. 2. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the at least two apertures disposed to receive fastening members comprise a series of two parallel opposingly spaced rows of apertures disposed to receive fastening member. 3. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 2 wherein the fastening members are placed in two opposingly disposed apertures of the at least two apertures disposed to receive fastening members of the substantially rigid base, in order to prevent rotation of the substantially rigid base. 4. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 2 wherein the fastening members further comprise a series of fastening members for pairing with a corresponding individual of the parallel opposingly spaced rows of apertures disposed to receive fastening members. 5. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the fastening members are in physical communication with the at least two apertures disposed to receive fastening members between the upper surface of the substantially rigid base and the upper portion of the individual wire shelving member to be engaged. 6. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the fastening members are placed in opposingly disposed apertures of substantially rigid base in order to prevent rotation of the substantially rigid base. 7. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the substantially rigid base is substantially transparent. 8. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the substantially rigid base is substantially opaque. 9. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the substantially rigid base comprises a v-shaped mid section cutout portion oriented along a width of the substantially rigid base. 10. The shelving system and accompanying protective covering system of claim 1 wherein the wire rack comprises two adjacent parallel, spaced-apart support rods, one at each outer length of the wire rack; and wherein the substantially rigid base comprises two rows of the at least two apertures each row aligned along a length of the substantially rigid base, a first row being aligned to be just inside one of the adjacent parallel, spaced-apart support rods when the substantially rigid base is aligned on top of the wire rack, and a second row being aligned to be just inside the other of the adjacent parallel, spaced-apart support rods when the substantially rigid base is aligned on top of the wire rack.