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.
Claims20
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 support members, the plurality of support members including at least a front side, opposing lateral sides and plurality of vertically-spaced hanger pins projecting outwardly from the opposing lateral sides wherein the front sides of at least two of the plurality of support members lie in a common plane;
- 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 including an elongated portion extending in a forward from the common plane, the elongated portion having a side wall including at least one slot in the side wall and at least one shelf support fitting attached to the cantilever shelf support at the at least one slot;
- the cantilever shelf support further comprising a mounting flange having opposing lateral side braces extending in a rearward direction from the common plane and a connecting portion between the lateral side braces, wherein each of the lateral side braces comprises a finger portion extending vertically upward from a rearward end of the lateral side brace and an edge at the rearward end of the lateral side brace;
- wherein, when mounted to the frame, each finger portion of the opposing lateral side braces extends along a respective opposing lateral side of a corresponding support member and between first and second vertically-adjacent hanger pins of the plurality of vertically-spaced hanger pins of the 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 rearward side of the first hanger pin;
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- wherein at least one of a second end of each finger portion and the edge at the rearward end of the lateral side brace bears against the second hanger pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.