Wire rack shelf with liner

Abstract

A shelf, basket and drawer liner for wire-frame constructions includes a flexible plastic panel which can be rolled for storage or sale and unrolled onto wire racks or shelves or into wire-framed baskets or drawers. It is easily trimmed with scissors or torn along score lines to fit any surface. The material is sufficiently thick enough to support object placed on top of the liner and to prevent deflection that results in objects tilting, tipping or falling through the spaces between the wires. It attaches to the wire frame in a unique manner, and is clear to allow objects to be viewed through the liner.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An economic, lightweight, liner for wire rack shelving, comprising: 
 a panel having a length and a width suitable for lining shelves; and    a means for attaching said panel to said wire rack shelving.    
     
     
         2 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 1 , wherein said panel is rigid, yet flexible.  
     
     
         3 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 2 , wherein said panel is made from a polymer plastic.  
     
     
         4 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 2 , wherein said panel is made from Poly Vinyl Chloride.  
     
     
         5 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 2 , wherein said panel has a top surface, and is rigid enough that it will not form around underlying wires of said wire rack shelving and distort the flat expanse of the top surface.  
     
     
         6 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 2 , wherein said panel is flexible enough to be rolled up for easy storage and sale without taking a curved memory set  
     
     
         7 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 2 , wherein said panel has a non-porous or open cell surface.  
     
     
         8 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 2 , wherein said panel is optically clear.  
     
     
         9 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 1 , wherein said means for attaching said panel to said wire rack shelving further comprises: 
 said panel formed with a pattern of slots having a length and a width punched through the entirety of the cross section of said panel;    one or more straps having a width less than the length of said slot and a thickness less than the width of the slots, and a length long enough to engage two or more of said slots and at least one wire of said wire rack shelving in an interweaving pattern in order to positively lock said panel into place on the wire rack shelf.    
     
     
         10 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 9 , wherein said straps have a thickness equal to or greater than said thickness of said panel.  
     
     
         11 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 9 , wherein said straps are made from a polymer plastic.  
     
     
         12 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 11 , wherein said straps are made from Poly Vinyl Chloride.  
     
     
         13 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 1 , wherein said panel comprises colored tinting.  
     
     
         14 . The liner for wire rack shelving of  claim 1 , wherein said panel has a length and is formed with one or more score lines running laterally across the length of said panel, said score lines passing at least partially through said panel to provide means of parting the length of the panel into discrete pieces.  
     
     
         15 . A liner for wire rack drawers and baskets, comprising a panel formed with parallel and perpendicular score lines and foldable along said parallel and perpendicular score lines to form a box-like three dimensional liner positionable into a basket or drawer.  
     
     
         16 . The liner for wire rack drawers and baskets of  claim 15 , further comprising: 
 a first panel piece and a second panel piece, each said panel piece formed with a series of slots and positionable adjacent each other within said basket or drawer wherein at least two slots from said first panel piece are adjacent to at least two slots from said second panel piece; and    at least one strap sized to be received within two or more pairs of adjacent slots and positioned to extend through said two or more pairs of adjacent slots to secure said first panel piece to said second panel piece.    
     
     
         17 . The liner for wire rack drawers and baskets of  claim 16 , wherein said at least one strap captures at least one wire of said wire rack drawer or basket to secure said liner in said drawer or basket.  
     
     
         18 . The liner for wire rack drawers and baskets of  claim 16 , wherein said first panel piece and said second panel piece overlap no more than half their length and no less than one inch.  
     
     
         19 . The liner for wire rack drawers and baskets of  claim 16  further comprising a means for adjusting said length of said liner.  
     
     
         20 . The liner for wire rack drawers and baskets of  claim 19 , wherien said means for adjusting said length of said liner further comprises sliding said first panel piece and a second panel piece together or apart in an overlapping manner.