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US 7,311,211 B2Granted
Stock shelving system
AssigneeCustom Shelving Solutions Ltd.
InventorSteve Chung
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Abstract
Shelves are mounted on a pair of slides, and the slides mounted to a pair of mounting brackets, themselves mountable to a pair of standards. The shelves pull out on the slides, away from the standards. The distance between the pair of slides may be adjusted. A pair of opposed facing tangs are mounted on the base end of each mounting bracket. Each pair of tangs are adjustable to clamp into slots in the corresponding standard.
Claims11
A shelving system for mounting to a pair of parallel, substantially vertical, spaced apart shelving standards spaced apart a first distance, wherein each standard in the pair of standards has a vertically spaced apart array of slots, the shelving system comprising:
- a) a pair of keys adapted for releasably interlocking mating to said each standard in said slots wherein said pair of keys includes first and second keys, wherein said first key is mounted to a key mount so as to dispose a first tang on said first key outwardly of said key mount, and wherein said second key is mounted on a slide block so as to dispose a second tang outwardly of said slide block,
- b) a pair of rigid bracket arms wherein each bracket arm of said pair of bracket arms has a base end and a cantilevered end,
- c) a pair of slides, wherein each slide of said pair of slides is mounted to one of said each bracket arms whereby said pair of slides are mounted to said pair of bracket arms for selective cantilevered extension of said pair of slides in a first direction from said cantilevered ends of said pair of bracket arms,
- d) a rigid shelf mounted atop of said pair of slides for extension on said pair of slides from said cantilevered end of said pair of bracket arms, wherein at least one slide of said pair of slides is removably mounted to adjustment means on an under side of said shelf for releasably lockable positioning of said at least one slide under said shelf in a horizontal second direction perpendicular to said first direction whereby a spacing between said pair of bracket arms may be selectively adjusted for retro-fit to said pair of standards,
- wherein said key mount is rigidly mounted to said base end of said each bracket arm and wherein said slide block is slidably mounted to said base end of said bracket arm so as to dispose said first and second tangs in opposed facing relation to each other and so as to dispose said first and second tangs outwardly of said base end of said bracket arm for engagement into a corresponding vertically spaced apart pair of slots in said vertically spaced apart array of slots in said each standard,
- and wherein a selectively actuable clamping member is mounted to said key mount and said slide block to selectively clamp said opposed facing pair of said first and second tangs towards each other to matingly engage said first and second tangs in said each standard behind said pair of slots.
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A method for mounting a shelving system comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a pair of parallel, substantially vertical, laterally spaced apart shelving standards laterally spaced apart a first distance;
- b) providing at least two pairs of vertically spaced apart keys releasably mated with the pair of standards, one vertically spaced apart pair of keys per standard
- c) providing a pair of rigid bracket arms mounted to the pairs of keys, each bracket arm of the pair of rigid bracket arms mounted to a corresponding pair of vertically spaced apart keys, wherein at least one of the keys in each pair is a slidable key slidably mounted to the end of the bracket arm adjacent the corresponding standard for vertical sliding relative to the bracket arm,
- d) providing manually extendable slides, mounted to the each bracket arm, translatable between a retracted position and an extended position cantilevered from the each bracket arm,
- e) providing a rigid substantially planar shelf mounted onto the slides, at opposite ends of the shelf, and so as to extend between the slides when the slides are mounted to the pair of rigid bracket arms, wherein the shelf has a first length measured from each end of the opposite ends,
- f) providing a threaded member for each pair of keys threadably mounted thereto for actuating vertical sliding of the slidable key along the end of the bracket arm,
- g) adjusting the vertical distance between each pair of keys, when mounted to the pair of rigid bracket arms, to correspond to the vertical spacing between vertical spaced and vertically aligned slots in the standard and adjusting the horizontal distance between the pair of slides and corresponding pair of mounting brackets to correspond to the first distance,
- h) inserting a pair of tangs corresponding to the pairs of keys into the corresponding slots in the standard and turning the threaded member so as to tighten the tangs in to snug mating engagement in the slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.