Storage or display rack

The improvement in a display rack for storage batteries and the like of the type having a frame and a plurality of battery shelves, said improvement comprising:

• a front beam secured to said frame, said front beam being generally C-shaped and opening rearwardly and having a lower support element and an upper notched support element, said notches defining an array of equally spaced, downwardly extending projections;
• a rear beam secured to said frame, said rear beam being generally C-shaped and opening rearwardly and having a lower support element and an upper notched support element defining an array of equally spaced forwardly extending projections laterally aligned with the notches and projections of the front beam, the lower support element extending more forwardly than the upper notched support element;
• A plurality of shelf assemblies, each having a generally U-shaped shelf channel having a pair of upright legs connected at their lower edge by a web, said web being notched at its rear;
• the front end of each of the shelf assemblies being removably positioned into the open end of the front beam with the end of the shelf channel resting on the lower support element of the front beam and the upright legs thereof positioned in the notches of its upper notched support element and abutting against the front beam to position the front end of the shelf assembly laterally and against forward longitudinal displacement;
• the rear end of each of said shelf assemblies having its web notched to clear the forwardly extending projections on the rear beam, and positioned with its upright legs resting on the lower support element of the rear beam and the upright legs positioned in the notches of the rear beam notched support element whereby the rear of the shelf assembly is positioned laterally and against longitudinal rearward displacement;
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• a plurality of rollers mounted between the upright legs of said shelf channel and extending upwardly above the upper ends of the upright legs;
• the front beam and rear beam being secured to the frame vertically displaced to provide a forward slope to the shelf assembly whereby storage batteries displaced on the rack will flow by gravity to the front of the rack;
• the spacing of the upright legs of the shelf assembly being n times the spacing between the notches of the front and rear beams, where n is a whole number, whereby the shelf assemblies are selectively positioned laterally into notches to provide for various spacing thereof to accommodate different battery widths.