Cantilever shelving system
AssigneeInterMetro Industries Corporation
InventorsTodd Robinson, Carey Alan Roberts
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Abstract
A cantilever shelving system is disclosed and can include a frame structure, a cantilever shelf support structure, and a plurality of load-bearing shelves that can be supported by the cantilever shelf support structure and the frame structure. The shelves can be positioned laterally adjacent to cantilever support arms of the cantilever shelf support structure, and the shelf support surfaces can be coplanar with upper walls of the cantilever support arms. Ends of laterally adjacent shelves do not overlap with a front side of a vertical support member to which the cantilever support arm is mounted. The cantilever shelving system can accommodate various user requirements and can be operably integrated with standard commercial and/or industrial equipment or machinery.
Claims31
A cantilever shelving system of the type that is freestanding on a floor surface, the cantilever shelving system comprising:
- a frame comprising a plurality of laterally-spaced support members extending along a vertical axis;
- a plurality of base supports adapted to engage the floor surface extending generally orthogonal to the vertical axis, wherein each of the plurality of base supports is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of support members;
- at least one cantilever shelf support mounted a corresponding one of the plurality of support members, the cantilever shelf support comprising an elongated portion extending generally orthogonal to the vertical axis having a side wall and a pair of vertical slots in the side wall;
- a shelf support fitting removably attached to the cantilever shelf support at the slots;
- a shelf engaging the shelf support fitting;
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- a wedge member disposed between the side wall of the cantilever shelf support and the shelf support fitting, the wedge member preventing the shelf support fitting from detaching from the cantilever shelf support.
A cantilever shelving system of the type that is freestanding on a floor surface, the cantilever shelving system comprising:
- a frame comprising a plurality of laterally-spaced, vertically-oriented tubular support members, the support members including a front side, a back side, opposing lateral sides and plurality of vertically-spaced hanger pins projecting outwardly from the opposing lateral sides;
- a plurality of base supports adapted to engage the floor surface, wherein each of the plurality of base supports is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of support members;
- a cantilever shelf support mounted to the frame, the cantilever shelf support including a mounting flange including two opposing lateral side braces and a connecting portion between the side braces, wherein each of the side braces comprises a finger portion extending rearward and upward from a rear end of the mounting flange;
- wherein, when mounted to the frame, each finger portion of the opposing side braces extends along a respective opposing lateral side and between first and second vertically-adjacent hanger pins of the plurality of vertically-spaced hanger pins of a corresponding support member, the first hanger pin being located vertically above the second hanger pin;
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- wherein a first end of each finger portion bears against a side of the first hanger pin nearer the back side of the support member;
- wherein each of the side braces further comprises a rearward-facing edge extending vertically downwardly from the finger portion;
- wherein at least one of a second end of each finger portion and the rearward-facing edge bears against the second hanger pin;
- wherein the cantilever shelf support further comprises an elongated portion extending outward from and in a direction generally orthogonal to the support members and having a side wall and at least one slot in the side wall;
- at least one shelf support fitting attached to the cantilever shelf support at the at least one slot;
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- a horizontal shelf engaging the at least one shelf support fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.