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US 10,743,663 B2Granted
Seismic baseplate
AssigneeInterMetro Industries Corporation
InventorWillard J. Sickles
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Abstract
A mount may include a base having a socket. A leveler may be positioned within the socket and may be configured to be adjustably engaged to one of a plurality of posts of a shelving system. A fastener may secure the leveler to the socket. The leveler may be adjusted to change the height of the post in relation to other of the plurality of posts in the shelving system, and thereby level the shelving system.
Claims26
A system for securing a shelving unit to an immovable structure comprising:
- a mount configured to be secured to the immovable structure and comprising a base and a socket fixed to the base, the socket comprising a 1.25 in. diameter, schedule 40 pipe socket having a plurality of symmetrically positioned slots, wherein two slots of the plurality of slots are opposed to one another along a respective axis passing through the two slots;
- a leveler positioned within the socket and including a head, a male-threaded portion and a spacer, the spacer fixedly engaged to the head and the male-threaded portion and having a smooth outer surface;
- a vertical support post for the shelving unit including an interior bore formed therein at a lower vertical end of the support post, the interior bore including a female-threaded portion configured for engaging and receiving the male-threaded portion of the leveler to retain the support post on the leveler;
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- a fastener passing through two slots of the plurality of slots of the socket and securing the leveler to the socket;
- wherein the spacer provides a predetermined amount of space between the lower vertical end of the support post and a top of the head such that the male-threaded portion is located within the interior bore and is not exposed below the lower vertical end of the support post;
- wherein the leveler is rotatable to change a height of the support post in relation to other posts of the shelving unit, and
- wherein the support post further includes an upper vertical end opposite the lower vertical end, the support post engaged to the leveler only at the lower vertical end.
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A system for anchoring a shelving unit to a stationary structure, the system comprising:
- a mount configured to be secured to the stationary structure and comprising a base and a socket, the socket having a wall and being fixed to the base and including first and second apertures through the wall, the first and second apertures being spaced symmetrically apart on opposite sides of the socket;
- a leveler including:
- a head portion having a first end being disposed substantially inside the socket and a second end extending outside of the socket, the head portion including a first bore extending therethrough, the first bore being aligned with the first and second apertures of the socket;
- a spacer portion fixedly engaged to the head portion and having a smooth outer surface, the spacer portion being located entirely outside of the socket;
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- a male-threaded portion extending from the spacer portion such that the male-threaded portion is located on an opposite side of the spacer portion from the head portion, the male-threaded portion positioned entirely outside of the socket and having a diameter being substantially the same as a diameter of the spacer portion and less than a width of the head portion;
- a shelving unit comprising a plurality of vertically-oriented longitudinally extending support posts, each of the plurality of support posts having a lower vertical end and an upper vertical end opposite the lower vertical end, wherein only a lower vertical end of at least one support post of the plurality of support posts is secured to the stationary structure by the mount;
- wherein the at least one support post comprises a second bore extending into the respective lower vertical end of the at least one support post, the second bore comprising a female-threaded portion configured to receive and engage the male-threaded portion of the leveler to attach the at least one support post to the leveler;
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- a removable fastener passing through the first and second apertures of the socket and the first bore of the head portion and attaching the leveler to the mount and inhibiting rotation of the leveler within the socket of the mount;
- wherein the spacer portion provides a predetermined amount of space between the lower vertical end of the at least one support post and a top of the head portion such that the male-threaded portion is located within the second bore and is not exposed below the lower vertical end of the at least one support post;
- wherein when the fastener is removed from the first and second apertures and the first bore, the leveler is rotatable relative to the mount and is operable to adjust a vertical position of the male-threaded portion within the female-threaded second bore of the at least one support post, thereby adjusting a vertical height of the at least one support post relative to the stationary structure and the other of the plurality of support posts of the shelving unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.