Ergonomic storage racks
AssigneeFrazier Industrial Company
InventorsRoger W. Mefford, Daniel W. Clapp, Byron P. Horn
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Abstract
An ergonomic storage rack in which arcuate rails are joined to a horizontal beam in a spaced-apart relationship to form an access area therebetween. The arcuate rails form shelves on which loaded pallets may be stored. The rails may be positioned at any desired height but, preferably, at a level which defines beneath each rail an additional storage area. The access area may be entered by a worker to access whatever pallet load has been stored and select from its sides those items which are to be retrieved.
Claims7
An ergonomically structured storage rack for storing pallet loads which comprises:
- 1) two pairs of parallel vertically disposed columns, each pair consisting of one rear column and one front column;
- 2) a horizontal beam extending between the rear columns of the two pairs of columns and interconnecting said rear columns so as to maintain them a predetermined distance apart;
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- 3) two opposing spaced apart arcuate rails, each having a proximate end and a distal end, said proximate ends being joined to said horizontal beam and said distal ends of each rail being joined to a separate one of the front columns of said two pairs of columns, said arcuate rails disposed relative to one another so as to curve toward each other from front to back and form a bay which may be entered to access said pallet loads.
An ergonomic storage system in which there are joined together two or more storage racks, each storage rack comprised of:
- 1) two pairs of parallel vertically disposed columns, each pair consisting of one rear column and one front column;
- 2) a horizontal beam extending between the rear columns of the two pairs of columns and interconnecting said rear columns so as to maintain them a predetermined distance apart;
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- 3) two opposing spaced apart arcuate rails, each having a proximate end and a distal end, said proximate ends being joined to said horizontal beam and said distal ends of each rail being joined to a separate one of the front columns of said two pairs of columns, said arcuate rails disposed relative to one another so as to curve toward each other from front to back and form a bay which may be entered to access said pallet loads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.