Industrial frame rack support assembly
AssigneeWhalen Furniture Manufacturing, Inc. a California corporation
InventorsAlan Lawson, Steve Painter
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Abstract
A storage rack system is provided that includes an improved cross bar attachment to create the framing for storage shelves. The cross bars are locked or secured against undesired movement and rolling to create a shelf that properly supports loads. The cross bars extend between the deck beams such that flanges at the ends thereof overlap the top of the deck beams. The flanges include a tab that extends downwardly to engage with an opening on the top of the deck beams. The lateral support further includes a stabilizer that is fastened to the side wall of the deck beams to prevent rolling or dislodgement of either member.
Claims5
A cross bar for a support frame for a shelf assembly, said shelf assembly including a pair of rear vertical spaced supports, an opposed pair of spaced front vertical supports, and elongated front and rear deck beams extending between and supported by each of the front and rear vertical supports respectively, said deck beams having an outer vertical side wall, a horizontal top surface and a recessed horizontal lip extending inwardly from said top surface below the top surface to form an interior ledge, said recessed lip including a plurality of elongated openings extending parallel to a longitudinal extent of said deck beams, said cross bar comprising:
- an elongated L-shaped body having a horizontally extending top flange and a vertically extending side arm,
- said top flange having front and rear ends and tabs extending downwardly from said front and rear ends,
- said front and rear ends of said top flange being seated on the recessed lip of said front and rear deck beams with said tabs being received into said elongated openings in said recessed lip,
- said vertically extending arm having front and rear ends and tabs extending inwardly from said front and rear ends,
- said inwardly extending tabs on said front and rear ends of said arm being received in facing engagement with an interior surface of side wall of said front and rear deck beams and being fastened thereto,
- wherein a sheeting material received and supported on said recessed lip is flush with said top surface of said deck beams to form a continuous planar shelf surface.
A cross bar for a support frame for a shelf assembly, said shelf assembly including a pair of rear vertical spaced supports, an opposed pair of spaced front vertical supports, and elongated front and rear deck beams extending between and supported by each of the front and rear vertical supports respectively, said deck beams having an outer vertical side wall, a horizontal top surface and a recessed horizontal lip extending inwardly from said top surface below the top surface to form an interior ledge, said recessed lip including a plurality of elongated openings extending parallel to a longitudinal extent of said deck beams, said cross bar comprising:
- an elongated L-shaped body having a horizontally extending top flange and a vertically extending side arm,
- said top flange having front and rear ends and tabs extending downwardly from said front and rear ends,
- said front and rear ends of said top flange being seated on the recessed lip of said front and rear deck beams with said tabs being received into said elongated openings in said recessed lip,
- said vertically extending arm having front and rear ends and tabs extending inwardly from said front and rear ends,
- said inwardly extending tabs on said front and rear ends of said arm being received in facing engagement with an interior surface of side wall of said front and rear deck beams and being fastened thereto.
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