Abstract: A shelving unit that comprises shelves that are interconnected without fasteners to form a free standing piece of furniture, having a base shelf and at least one additional shelf, a plurality of spaced apart elongated mutually parallel slots disposed transversely in the rear edge of each of said shelves intermediate the first and second ends thereof, at least one brace-receiving slot disposed in the rear edge of the base shelf, a plurality of support members, each having front and rear edges, a plurality of elongated mutually parallel slots disposed in the front edge of each of said support members, whereby the slots in the support members are sized and adapted for interlocking engagement with corresponding slots in the shelves, at least one brace-receiving slot in the rear edge of each of said support members and at least one brace member having ends that are respectively adapted to be disposed in the brace-receiving slot of the base shelf and the support member.

Abstract: A shelving unit that comprises shelves that are interconnected without fasteners to form a free standing piece of furniture, having a base shelf and at least one additional shelf, a plurality of spaced apart elongated mutually parallel slots disposed transversely in the rear edge of each of said shelves intermediate the first and second ends thereof, at least one brace-receiving slot disposed in the rear edge of the base shelf, a plurality of support members, each having front and rear edges, a plurality of elongated mutually parallel slots disposed in the front edge of each of said support members, whereby the slots in the support members are sized and adapted for interlocking engagement with corresponding slots in the shelves, at least one brace-receiving slot in the rear edge of each of said support members and at least one brace member having ends that are respectively adapted to be disposed in the brace-receiving slot of the base shelf and the support member.