Abstract: A stacking basket organizer as provided which include at least two vertically interconnected support bases for slidably supporting first and second baskets. If the storage space to be occupied by the basket organizer is of sufficient height, one or more additional baskets and respective support bases can be provided. A cabinet slide is preferably provided on each lateral side of each support base for slidably engaging a corresponding rail provided on either lateral side of a respective basket. The rails can be coupled to the sides of the basket with a rail clamp adapted to clamp the rail against the rods defining the lateral sides of the basket.

Abstract: A free standing stacking shelf system is provided wherein the stacking elements of each shelf are selectively collapsible or foldable with respect to the shelf and can be selectively locked into a predetermined angular disposition with respect to the shelf element. Each of the stacking elements is substantially U-shaped having first and second legs and a base extending therebetween. The free ends of the legs are pivotally coupled to a respective shelf. A device is provided for selectively locking the legs and hence the stacking element with respect to the shelf in a predetermined orientation. When the legs are unlocked from the shelf element, the stacking elements can be collapsed or folded so as to be closely adjacent to the shelf element thereby significantly reducing the overall height of the shelf for transport and storage.

Abstract: A C-shaped channel basket stop for a sliding basket support system is disclosed. The channel basket stop is slidably received on horizontal bars of the support system and includes at least one arm member which has a length such that when the channel stop is disposed on the horizontal bar, it will extend at least to a plane of a side of a basket disposed in the support system. This arm member will limit the amount which the basket may be pulled out of the sliding basket support system and may be removed and placed at another horizontal point along the basket.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing a rod type shelf to a vertical support such as a wall including a support bracket having a first end adapted to be secured to the vertical support at a point spaced vertically from the attachment of a rearward rod of the shelf to the vertical support structure and a second end for lockingly engaging and supporting a front support rod of the shelf. The second end includes a support face for supporting the shelf against rotation in a first direction towards the vertical support structure and a gripping portion for engaging the front support rod of the shelf and inhibiting rotation of the shelf in a second direction towards the vertical support structure. The gripping portion preferably includes at least one rod receiving slot so that it can be disposed in straddling relation to a tranverse rod of the shelf or can be disposed intermediate adjacent transverse rods of the shelf.

Abstract: A reinforcing element for a ventilated rod-type shelf mounted to a vertical support such as a wall. The reinforcing element is slidingly engaged with the shelf so as to be disposed immediately below and perpendicular to the shelf. When so engaged with the shelf, in the preferred embodiment, the reinforcing element extends substantially from the vertical support to which the shelf is mounted to a forward longitudinal rod of the shelf so as to reinforce the longitudinal rods of the shelf and hence the transverse parallel rods of the shelf in ghe widthwise direction, against deformation from vertical loading.

Abstract: A support clip for use with shelving, particularly open wire type shelving, that will permit the shelving to be pivoted through a vertical arc but which otherwise stabilizes and limits horizontal movement. The clip is provided with a compound opening area to receive in a snap-fit fashion and allow the pivotal movement of a straight wire portion of the side support wires of the wire shelving. The clip is mounted on a vertical support post and the rear face of the clip is designed to fit around and engage that vertical post. With such a clip adjacent the four corners of a shelf and secured to four vertical support posts (two front and two rear posts), the shelf is pivotal relative to the posts which will allow the shelf and the front posts to be moved through an upward arc toward the rear posts thus folding the shelf.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting an object to a plasterboard wall includes a molded plastic bracket formed with a hollow barrel at one end and a clip at the other end to support an object. An anchor having a pointed stem portion and a head at the other end, is inserted through the hollow barrel of the bracket and then drive into the plasterboard. The anchor includes an axial bore extending from the head end along part of the stem portion and a through slot extends from the axial bore toward the pointed end thereby defining two opposed stem sections. Inwardly extending projections on each stem section cooperate with a nail to expand the two opposed stem sections and to snap those sections apart adjacent the pointed end. Mating keyways formed on the anchor keys formed on the hollow barrel orient the stem sections one vertically above the other when the anchor is in place within the wall.

Abstract: A support member for an inclined open mesh or wire type shelf that can be spaced anywhere along a wall and shelf area to provide support for the inclined shelf. The support is a one piece molded structure having a T-type cross-section with the shank having curved lower and upper ends with those curves providing about a 60.degree. angle of inclination for the shelf. One end includes a flat surface for engaging the wall with the other end including a forwardly directed groove for receiving a crosswise support in the middle of the shelf and a pair of grooves extending perpendicular to that forwardly directed groove sized so that that end of the support can snap in place between two stringers within the shelf structure.

Abstract: A wall-mounted plastic clip for holding a horizontal rod on the back edge of a ventilated closet shelf has a vertical segment for engagement with the support wall, a hook segment curving forward and upward from the vertical segment and defining with it an upwardly-facing recess for snugly receiving the back edge rod of the shelf, and a flexible and resilient fin inclined forward and downward from the vertical segment and having its lower free end closely overlying the recess to retain the inserted edge rod of the shelf in the recess.

Abstract: For locating and supporting ventilated shelves in a closet, a pole assembly having vertically spaced shelf support clips on one side, each of which defines a recess which is open at the top for receiving an edge rod on the front of a shelf. When the pole assembly is placed next to a closet wall, the support clips in the pole assembly may be used to locate the positions for wall-mounted support clips for supporting shelves at the back or channel mounts for supporting shelves at one end.