# US 2014/0190538 A1 · System for Protecting Stored Goods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190538 A1 - Document ID: US20140190538A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/128,260 - Filed: 2012-06-26 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-27 - Assignees: BASF SE - Inventors: Juergen Weiser; Daniel Bihlmeyer; Claus Kaiser; Michael Faber; Agustin Izquierdo; Stefan Schaffert; Nils Stello; Torsten Groeschl; Udo Schmidt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190538A1 ## CPC - E04H 15/34: Supporting means, e.g. frames - A01F 25/13: Coverings (A01F25/14 takes precedence) - A01N 25/34: Shaped forms, e.g. sheets, not provided for in any other sub-group of this main group - B65G 1/02: Storage devices (furniture A47B; shop fittings A47F) - B65G 2207/40: Safety features of loads, equipment or persons - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - A01F: PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N15/08) - A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A system for protecting stored goods (50) in a storage room (1), comprises one or more storage constructions (2) formed by one or more pesticide treated nets (30, 31), capable of enclosing the stored goods (50), wherein the storage construction (2) further comprises a support frame (10), means for suspending the support frame (35), means for opening and closing at least one section (13) of the storage construction (2) while the support frame (10) is in a suspended state, and means for avoiding an overall structural collapse (32) if a net (30, 31) gets entangled. The system is particularly useful for the storage of tobacco, coffee, dried fruits, cocoa, nuts, tea, cereals and spices ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-17. (canceled) ### Claim 18 A system for protecting stored goods in a storage room, comprising one or more storage constructions formed by one or more pesticide treated nets, capable of enclosing the stored goods, wherein the storage construction further comprises a support frame, means for suspending the support frame, wherein the system further comprises means for opening and closing at least one section of the storage construction while the support frame is in a suspended state, and means for avoiding an overall structural collapse if a net gets entangled wherein the means for avoiding an overall structural collapse are adapted to fix the net to the support frame such that the fixture is released if the pull on the net exceeds a certain maximum load. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the means for suspending the support frame are adapted to affix the support frame to the ceiling of the storage room, and comprise mounting means to affix the suspending means to the ceiling and/or support structure of the storage room and connecting elements to connect the support frame to the mounting means, or affix the support frame to at least two walls of the storage room, and comprise mounting means to affix the suspending means to the walls and connecting elements to connect the support frame to the mounting means, wherein the mounting means comprise clamps, brackets and/or bolts, or be placed and/or fixed on the floor of the storage room, and constructed as a stand comprising rigid beams and connecting elements to receive the support frame, wherein the connecting elements comprise rigid beams, ropes, cables, chains and/or pulleys, wherein the ropes, cables and/or chains are provided with tensioning elements and wherein the connecting elements are fixed to the support frame using fastening elements. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the pesticide is an insecticide. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein one net is employed which is a single three dimensional net forming all four sides and the top of the storage construction. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein additional net material is included at or near the seams between the section to be opened and closed and the two adjacent sides. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more nets are pooling at the base and/or comprise a weighted rope. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the support frame is composed of one or more sections and each section comprises rigid beams, ropes, cables and/or chains and wherein each section provides means to fasten the one or more pesticide treated nets comprising guide ropes, clamps, slots, bolts, hooks and/or rollers, wherein the support frame further comprises joining elements to join the sections of the frame, and wherein the support frame comprises connecting elements to connect the support frame to the means for suspending the support frame. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The system of claim 24, wherein at least one section of the support frame comprises rigid beams which are extruded section parts. ### Claim 26 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the means for opening and closing the at least one section of the storage construction comprise a motor and means to control the motor. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The system of claim 26, wherein the net on the at least one section of the support frame is provided with ropes that are arranged such that they can be pulled by the motor wherein the ropes extend to the bottom of the net or wherein the ropes are suspended from the support frame and form straps which hold the net. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The system of claim 26, wherein the means to control the motor is one of a wired remote, a RF or IR wireless remote or a motion sensor. ### Claim 29 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the means for avoiding an overall structural collapse are one or more of Velcro strips, compression clamp strips, holding clamps, bolts or hooks provided with breaking points. ### Claim 30 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, further comprising means to monitor pest infections. ### Claim 31 (depends on 18) A method for protecting stored goods in a storage room, comprising the steps of installing the system of claim 18 in a storage room and placing the goods inside the storage construction. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The method of claim 31, wherein the net on at least one section of the support frame is provided with means for opening and closing the storage construction and wherein the storage construction is opened before moving/removing goods into or out of the storage construction and closed afterwards. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The method of claim 32, wherein the means for opening and closing the storage construction comprise a motion sensor and wherein an opened section of the storage construction is automatically closed if the motion sensor does not detect any motion during a predetermined time span. ### Claim 34 (depends on 31) The method of claim 31, wherein pest levels are monitored and wherein the one or more nets are renewed if the pest levels are rising.