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US 12,213,601 B2Granted
Retail shelving system
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsShane Obitts, Billy Mertz, Matt Grubbs
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Abstract
A shelving system is provided. The shelving system includes an upper rail, and optionally a lower rail, from which one or more upright supports extend. The upright supports are slidable within the upper and lower rails so that a user may vary their location. A shelf mounts to the upright supports. The shelf includes interlocking deck panels and selectively removable support bars so that it may be assembled onto the upright supports.
Claims22
A shelving system, comprising:
- an upper rail defining an upper channel, the upper rail configured to mount to a support structure;
- at least one upright support, wherein the at least one upright support has an upper end and a lower end, the upper end received in the upper channel and slidable within said upper channel;
- at least one shelf mounted to the at least one support;
- a lower rail configured to mount to the support structure separately from the upper rail, wherein the lower rail includes a bottom wall and a lip extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and lip bounding a lower channel that is positioned rearward of the lip, the lower channel being closer to the support structure than the lip when the lower rail is mounted to the support structure, the lip of the lower rail including at least one access opening sized to permit the lower end of the at least one upright support to pass therethrough allowing access through the lip of the lower rail to the lower channel, the lower end of the at least one upright support received in the lower channel rearward of the lip and slidable within the lower channel behind the lip,
- wherein the at least one upright support includes first and second upright supports, and wherein the at least one shelf comprises:
- a first and a second support arm, the first support arm mounted to one of the first and second upright supports, the second support arm mounted to the other one of the first and second upright supports, the first and second support arms arranged in opposed spaced relation to one another;
- a front support bar extending between the first and second support arms;
- a rear support bar extending between the first and second support arms;
- and
- at least one deck panel supported by the front and rear support bars, the at least one deck panel configured to interlock with an adjacent deck panel such that the at least one deck panel is prevented from laterally moving relative to the adjacent deck panel along the front and rear support bars.
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A retail shelving system, comprising:
- an upper rail configured to mount to a support structure and including an upper channel;
- a lower rail configured to mount to a support structure and including a lower channel;
- at least two upright supports extending between the upper and lower rails, each of the at least two upright supports having an upper end and a lower end, each upper end received in the upper channel, each lower end received in the lower channel, the at least two upright supports slidable in the upper and lower channels while the lower end is prevented from being pivoted outward and away from the lower rail in a direction perpendicular to which the lower end is slidable within the lower channel;
- at least one shelf mounted to the at least two upright supports;
- wherein each shelf includes:
- a first and a second support arm, each of the first and second support arms including a front mounting post and a rear mounting post;
- a front support bar extending between the first and second support arms, the front support bar including a channel, the channel of the front support bar receiving the front mounting posts of the first and second support arms such that the front support bar is selectively removable from the first and second support arms;
- a rear support bar extending between the first and second support arms, the rear support bar including a channel, the channel of the rear support bar receiving the rear mounting posts of the first and second support arms such that the rear support bar is selectively removable from the first and second support arms;
- and
- at least one deck panel supported by the front and rear support bars.
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A method of installing a shelving system, the method comprising:
- mounting an upper rail having an upper channel to a support structure;
- mounting a lower rail having a lower channel to the support structure;
- mounting, rotatably, an upper end of at least one upright support to the upper rail such that the upper end of the at least one upright support is disposed within the upper channel;
- and
- mounting a lower end of the at least one upright support to the lower rail by rotating the at least one upright support relative to the upper rail while the upper end is located within the upper channel such that the lower end passes through an opening in the lower mounting rail into the lower channel and sliding the at least one upright support within the lower channel to offset the lower end from alignment with the opening such that the lower end of the at least one upright cannot pass through the opening
- mounting a first support arm of at least one shelf to the at least one upright support;
- mounting a second support arm of the at least one shelf to a second upright support;
- situating at least one support bar such that it extends between the first and second support arms;
- affixing a first deck panel onto the at least one support bar;
- and
- affixing a second deck panel onto the at least one support bar such that the first and second deck panels interlock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.