Overhead storage system
OwnerMichael Baezinventor
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Abstract
An overhead storage system includes support beams forming a frame to a deck around its perimeter and four corner vertical mounts for suspending the deck from a ceiling. The frame is preferably made of Z-shaped beams supported by vertical L-shaped corner supports to provide strong support for a deck. The Z-shaped beams provide strength and a horizontal surface on which a deck can be rested. A welded wire deck can be strengthened by bonding it to ribs. In some embodiments, center supports can preferably be positioned anywhere along the length of the support beams, and do not require holes in the beams for mounting. The beams are preferably connected to the vertical corner brackets without using threaded fasteners, thereby making the assembly easier for assembly by a homeowner.
Claims24
A overhead storage system, comprising:
- a deck for storing items;
- a frame for supporting the deck along its perimeter, the frame being formed by two or more beams, each beam having (a) a horizontal portion providing a flat area for supporting the deck, (b) a first vertical portion extending above the horizontal portion and above the supported deck, and (c) an angled portion extending below the horizontal portion from the side of the horizontal portion opposite that of the vertical portion, the angled portion extending an angle downward and toward the plane of the first vertical portion;
- multiple vertical supports for supporting the beams, each vertical support including at a lower end connectors for attaching the vertical support to the beams;
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- brackets for attaching the vertical supports to an overhead structure so that the storage system is suspended from said overhead structure.
A storage system suspended from an overhead structure, comprising:
- a deck for storing items;
- a frame for supporting the deck along its perimeter, the frame being formed by two transverse beams and two longitudinal beams, each beam having a horizontal portion providing a flat area for supporting the deck;
- said transverse beams not extending lengthwise beyond the deck at either end;
- two or more vertical supports for supporting each transverse beams, each vertical support including at a lower end connectors for attaching the vertical support to the transverse beams;
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- brackets for attaching the vertical supports at an upper end to an overhead structure so that the storage system is suspended from said overhead structure.
A storage system suspended from an overhead structure, comprising:
- a deck for storing items;
- a frame for supporting the deck along its perimeter, the frame being formed by two longitudinal beams, each supporting two or more panels, and two transverse beams, each supporting only one panel;
- each transverse beam and each longitudinal beam having a horizontal portion providing a flat area for supporting the deck;
- two or more vertical supports for supporting each longitudinal beams, each vertical support including at a lower end connectors for attaching the vertical support to the longitudinal beams;
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- brackets for attaching the vertical supports at an upper end to an overhead structure so that the storage system is suspended from said overhead structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.