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US 5,205,627 AGranted
Modular anti-tip lateral mobile storage system
AssigneeRipp Mobile System, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Davison, Philip M. Croel, Alan R. Leist
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Abstract
A lateral mobile storage system is disclosed in which the weight of the rear, fixed storage unit rests upon the foot of an anti-tip underlayment. The anti-tip underlayment has an arm extending forwardly upon which rests the rear track for the mobile storage unit held in correct alignment thereby with the fixed storage unit. The mobile storage unit carriage includes a rearwardly extending finger which engages a retainer on the anti-tip underlayment to prevent the mobile storage unit from tipping forwardly. The components are provided in modular lengths and need not be affixed to the floor.
Claims22
An anti-tip mobile storage system comprising:
- at least one fixed storage unit having a front and a back, said front disposed forwardly of said back, said back disposed rearwardly of said front;
- at least one mobile storage unit disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit;
- a first track disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit and a second track disposed forwardly of said first track;
- carriage supported on said tracks and movably carrying said mobile storage unit longitudinally along said first and second tracks;
- an underlayment having a base supported by a supporting surface, said underlayment being elongated in the direction of movement of said carriage and having a foot extending rearwardly form aid base and under said front of said fixed storage unit with the weight of said fixed storage unit bearing down on said foot, an arm extending forwardly form said base under said first track, and a longitudinal anti-tip retainer disposed forwardly of said fixed storage unit and rearwardly of said mobile storage unit;
- an underlayment engagement fixed to said carriage and extending rearwardly from said carriage, said underlayment engagement cooperatively engaging said longitudinal anti-tip retainer to arrest tipping of said mobile storage unit;
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- means for retaining said mobile storage unit on said carriage;
- whereby said underlayment engagement engages said longitudinal anti-tip retainer when said mobile storage unit is tipped forwardly away form said fixed storage unit.
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An anti-tip lateral mobile storage mobile storage system comprising:
- at least one longitudinally extending fixed storage unit having a front and a back, said front disposed forwardly of said back, said back disposed rearwardly of said front;
- at least one longitudinally extending mobile storage unit disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit;
- a longitudinally extending first track disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit and a longitudinally extending second track disposed forwardly of said first track for movement of said mobile storage unit therealong;
- a carriage supported on said tracks for rollingly carrying said mobile storage unit along said tracks;
- an underlayment having a longitudinally elongated base supported on a floor, said base including a foot portion extending rearwardly form said base and underlying said fixed storage unit, the weight of said fixed storage unit bearing on said foot portion, said base further including an arm portion extending forwardly from said base and underlying said first track, and a retainer flange spaced apart form said base intermediate said foot portion and said arm portion forming a longitudinal recess;
- a carriage retainer fixed to said carriage and having a finger extending rearwardly into said recess of said underlayment, said finger contacting said retainer flange upon forward tipping of said carriage away from said fixed storage unit;
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- means for retaining said mobile storage unit on said carriage.
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An anti-tip mobile storage system comprising:
- at least one fixed storage unit having a front and a back, said front disposed forwardly of said back, said back disposed rearwardly of said front;
- at least one mobile storage unit disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit;
- a first track disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit and a second track disposed forwardly of said first track;
- a carriage movably carrying said mobile storage unit longitudinally along said first and second tracks, said mobile storage unit having a bottom supported on said carriage;
- an underlayment having a base supported by a supporting surface, said underlayment being elongated in the direction of movement of said carriage and having a foot extending rearwardly from said base and under said front of said fixed storage unit with the weight of said fixed storage unit bearing down on said foot, an arm extending forwardly form said base under said first track, and a longitudinal anti-tip retainer disposed forwardly of said fixed storage unit and rearwardly of said mobile storage unit, said longitudinal anti-tip retainer comprising a longitudinal recess;
- an underlayment engagement fixed to said carriage and cooperatively engaging said longitudinal anti-tip retainer to arrest tipping of said mobile storage unit, said underlayment engagement comprising a member having a generally vertically extending wall portion fixed to said carriage and a finger extending generally horizontally from said wall portion into said recess;
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- means for retaining said mobile storage unit on said carriage comprising a member having a generally vertically extending wall portion extending upwardly form said carriage and a flange overhanging the bottom of said mobile storage unit.
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An anti-tip mobile storage system comprising:
- at least one fixed storage unit having a front and a back, said front disposed forwardly of said back, said back disposed rearwardly of said front;
- at least one mobile storage unit disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit;
- a first track disposed forwardly of said front of said fixed storage unit and a second track disposed forwardly of said first track;
- a carriage movably carrying said mobile storage unit longitudinally along said first and second tracks;
- an underlayment having a base supported by a supporting surface, said underlayment being elongated in the direction of movement of said carriage and having a foot extending rearwardly from said base and under said front of said fixed storage unit with the weight of said fixed storage unit bearing down on said foot, an arm extending forwardly form said base under said first track, and a longitudinal anti-tip retainer disposed forwardly of said fixed storage unit and rearwardly of said mobile storage unit, and means for engaging said fixed storage unit and positioning said underlayment and said first track in proper alignment with said fixed storage unit;
- an underlayment engagement fixed to said carriage and cooperatively engaging said longitudinal anti-tip retainer to arrest tipping of said mobile storage unit;
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- means for retaining said mobile storage unit on said
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.