Battery rack and system

A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising:

• a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members;
• shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries;
• each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns and a web extending between the end columns;
• a pair of anchors comprising elongated channels of U-shape facing upwardly;
• means for securing the end frame members to the anchor comprising complementary slots and tabs for accurately locating the end frames in said anchor;
• and
• means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.

A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising:

• a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members, said support members being of U-shaped cross section and having a plurality of mounting holes extending along the channel for mounting exteriorly to the vertical frame members for ease of assembly;
• shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries;
• each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns and a web extending between the end columns;
• a pair of anchors;
• means for securing the end frame members to the anchors;
• and
• means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.

A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising:

• a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members;
• shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and having only one elongated flange overlying the channel support members on one side of the end frame members and having a series of aligned dimples and slots defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries;
• each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns and a web extending between the end columns;
• a pair of anchors;
• means for securing the end frames to the anchors;
• and
• means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.