Shelving system
AssigneeRubbermaid Incorporated
InventorsDavid A. Houk, Jr., Kenneth W. Hull, John Vura
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Abstract
A shelving system is disclosed. The shelving system includes a panel having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction. The panel includes at least one socket. The socket is disposed on the panel and includes an inner wall and an outer wall circumscribing the socket inner wall. The outer wall is distanced from the inner wall. A floor member is coupled to the inner wall and the outer wall and is disposed generally parallel relative to the panel. The socket is adapted to transmit stresses along the floor member.
Claims19
A shelving system comprising:
- a panel having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, said panel including at least one socket, said socket being disposed on said panel, said socket including:
- an inner wall and outer wall circumscribing said socket inner wall, said outer wall being distanced from said inner wall;
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- a floor member coupled to said inner wall and said outer wall, the floor member being disposed generally parallel relative to the panel, wherein the socket is adapted to transmit stresses along the floor member.
A shelving system comprising:
- a plurality of panels, each panel having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, said transverse direction being transversely disposed relative to said longitudinal direction, each panel of said plurality comprising:
- a plurality of rail members disposed on said panel, said plurality of rail members including a first rail member and a second rail member, said second rail member being disposed adjacent said first rail member, said first rail member having a first upper portion having a first depth, said second rail member having a second upper portion having a second depth, said second depth being greater than said first depth, each rail member of said plurality of rail members further including a lower portion adjacent said upper portion, said lower portion terminating at a curvilinear lower edge;
- an inner wall and an outer wall circumscribing said inner wall, said outer wall being distanced from said inner wall, said socket further including a plurality of support members radially disposed and interconnecting said inner wall to said outer wall, and a floor member disposed parallelly relative to said panel and interconnecting said inner wall to said outer wall.
A panel for use in a shelving system comprising:
- a plurality of sides intersecting at corners, and at least one socket disposed proximate at least one corner of said panel, said socket comprising:
- an inner wall and an outer wall, said outer wall surrounding and spaced outwardly from said inner wall;
- at least one reinforcement flange interconnecting said inner wall to said outer wall;
- a floor member coupled to said inner wall and said outer wall and includes a plurality of openings through said floor member, the floor member being disposed generally parallel relative to the panel, wherein the socket is adapted to transmit stresses along the floor member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.