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US 10,306,980 B2Granted
Low profile powered overhead storage systems and methods
OwnerAnthony Longinventor
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A quick and efficient method to raise and lower a storage platform, storage container, and/or storage box into any unused overhead space is disclosed. The design comprises a low profile philosophy allowing the storage platform, storage container, and/or storage box to be positioned more closely to the ceiling making better use of any overhead space such as the limited space directly above a garage door. The system relies on a main drive shaft that is designed to allow one or more belts to pass through the main drive shaft thereby creating a base around which the one or more belts can wrap. The present invention is superior to those of the prior art in that there are no weak points found in this system in contrast to those found in cable systems connected to a drum or a flat fiber reinforced strap bolted to a drum. The one or more lifting straps do not terminate on the main drive shaft as do other systems via a wire drum or flat drum but simply passes through the main drive shaft.
An overhead storage system comprising one or more lifting straps, a main drive shaft, a lifting motor, and a container, rack, or shelving for goods, said overhead storage system being able to raise or lower the container, rack, or shelving for goods by action of the lifting motor and the main drive shaft, wherein the one or more lifting straps pass through slits in the main drive shaft, the lifting motor being configured to rotate the main drive shaft causing the one or more lifting straps that pass through the slits in the main drive shaft to wrap around the main drive shaft, which raises or lowers the container, rack, or shelving for goods.
A method of storing goods in an overhead position, said method comprising placing goods in an overhead storage system that is capable of being raised and lowered, said overhead storage system being connected to a structure overhead, said overhead storage system comprising one or more lifting straps, a main drive shaft, a lifting motor, and a container, rack, or shelving for goods, wherein the one or more lifting straps pass through slits in the main drive shaft,
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