Panel mounting clip for storage rack
AssigneeInterlake, Inc.
InventorKennedy McConnell
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Abstract
A mounting clip is adapted for attachment to a deck panel of a storage rack to facilitate assembly of the deck panel with apertured rack beams. The clip has a folded-over flange which cooperates with a cut-out tab to resiliently clamp therebetween an edge of an associated panel with the tab received in a complementary opening in the panel, the clip having a depending finger with a thin and narrow neck portion and an enlarged distal end portion dimensioned to permit insertion of the finger in an aperture of the associated beam but to inhibit accidental dislodgement of the finger from the aperture. An additional projection on the clip inhibits tangling and interlocking of the clips when stored in bulk and also serves to position the clip on an associated panel.
Claims14
A clip for securing a deck panel having openings therein adjacent to the ends thereof to an apertured beam in a storage rack to maintain the positional relationship of the panel and the beam during material loading and unloading, said clip comprising a generally flat body, a recurved flange carried by said body adjacent to the periphery thereof and extending therefrom in a first direction in overlapping spaced-apart relationship with a portion of said body, a tab extending from said body toward said flange and spaced therefrom in a direction perpendicular to said body a distance less than the thickness of an associated panel, said tab being deflectable away from said flange for cooperation therewith securely to hold the associated panel therebetween for mounting said body on the associated panel, and a finger extending from said body beyond the periphery thereof in a second direction substantially normal to said first direction, and having engagement means for insertion through an aperture in an associated beam to engage the beam thereby to maintain the positional relationship of the panel and the beam during material loading and unloading.
A clip for securing a deck panel to an apertured beam in a storage rack to maintain the positional relationship of the panel and the beam during material loading and unloading, said clip comprising a substantially flat body having first and second contact means, said first contact means extending in a first direction toward said contact means and cooperating therewith securely to hold an associated panel therebetween for mounting said body on the associated panel, and a finger extending from said body beyond the periphery thereof in a second direction substantially normal to said first direction, and having a relatively thin and narrow flat planar neck portion adjacent to said body and an engagement portion at the distal end of said finger, said engagement portion having an overall width and thickness respectively greater than the width and thickness of the neck portion, said engagement portion being receivable through an aperture in an associated beam only when disposed in alignment therewith, whereby movement of said engagement portion out of alignment with the aperture after insertion therethrough inhibits accidental withdrawal of said finger from the aperture thereby to maintain the positional relationship of the panel and beam during material loading and unloading.
A clip for securing a deck panel to an apertured beam in a storage rack to maintain the positional relationship of the panel and the beam during material loading and unloading, said clip comprising a substantially flat body having first and second contact means extending therefrom, said first contact means extending in a first direction toward said second contact means and cooperating therewith securely to hold an associated panel therebetween with said first contact means being engageable with a first edge of the associated panel for mounting said body on the associated panel, third contact means extending from said body for engagement with a second edge of the associated panel to position said body with respect to the associated panel, and a finger extending from said body beyond the periphery thereof in a second direction substantially normal to said first direction, and having engagement means for insertion through an aperture in an associated beam to engage the beam thereby to maintain the positional relationship of the panel and the beam during material loading and unloading.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.