Standard and track shelving systems
AssigneeClairson, Inc.
InventorLee E. Remmers
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a shelving apparatus generally includes a track and a standard. The track includes a support portion having an upper support surface and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion. The standard includes a back surface having an opening. When the support portion is within the opening, an upper surface of the opening contacts the upper support surface of the support portion, and the extension is engagingly received within a portion of the opening. This engagement of the extension within the portion of the opening can inhibit disengagement of the standard from the track.
Claims20
A shelving apparatus comprising a track and a shelf standard, the track including a support portion having an upper substantially horizontal planar support surface and a lower substantially horizontal planar surface vertically spaced from and connected to said upper substantially horizontal planar support surface by a connecting portion such that a spaced distance separates the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces from each other, and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion, the shelf standard including a back surface having an opening, the opening including a portion that engagingly receives the extension of the support portion, and an upper substantially horizontal planar surface that contacts the upper substantially horizontal planar support surface of the support portion when the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces of the support portion are at least partially within the opening, whereby engagement of the extension within the portion of the opening inhibits disengagement of the standard from the track;
- a bracket engageable with a front surface of the shelf standard, and a shelf supportable by the bracket;
- wherein the front surface of the shelf standard includes a plurality of apertures, and wherein the bracket is mountable to one or more of the apertures.
A method of supporting a shelf standard with a track, the track including a support portion having an upper substantially horizontal planar support surface and a lower substantially horizontal planar surface vertically spaced from and connected to said upper substantially horizontal planar support surface by a connecting portion such that a spaced distance separates the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaced from each other, and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion, the shelf standard including a back surface having an opening configured to engagingly receive the support portion, the opening including a portion configured to engagingly receive the extension of the support surface, the method comprising positioning the shelf standard relative to the track such that the portion of the opening engages the extension, the opening engages the support portion of the track with the upper and lower substantially horizontal planar support surfaces of the support portion at least partially within the opening, and the upper substantially horizontal planar support surface of the support portion contacts an upper substantially horizontal planar surface of the opening;
- the method further comprising mounting at least one bracket on a front surface of the shelf standard, wherein the front surface of the shelf standard includes a plurality of apertures, and wherein the bracket is mountable within one or more of the apertures;
- the method further comprising mounting a shelf on the at least one bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.