Modular storage rack system
OwnerThomas J. Johnstoninventor
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Abstract
A storage rack unit includes a pair of spaced planar end plates, an intermediate stabilizer panel and a plurality of dowels which extend between the two end plates. Each of the end plates has spaced dowel end receiving holes, each of whose longitudinal axes are angled with respect to a line perpendicular to the plane of each end plate. The angles of the holes in the first end plate are different from the angles of the holes in the second end plate. The provision of these angled holes in the two end plates allows the construction of each storage rack unit without the use of ancillary fasteners. Several such storage rack units can be joined together to form a composite storage rack system.
Claims9
A storage rack unit for storing items comprising:
- a first end plate having a first plane;
- a second end plate having a second plane parallel to the first plane and spaced from the first end plate;
- a stabilizer panel extending between the first end plate and the second end plate and being generally perpendicular to the first and second end plate planes;
- a plurality of first plate holes in the first end plate with each such first end plate hole having a first hole longitudinal axis inclined at a first angle to a first line perpendicular to said first plate;
- a plurality of second plate holes in the second end plate, with each such second end plate hole having a second hole longitudinal axis inclined at a second angle to a second line perpendicular to said plane of said second end plate, said first angle being different from said second angle;
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- a plurality of flexible dowels extending between and connecting said first and second end plates with first dowel ends being inserted in individual ones of said first end plate holes and with second dowel ends being inserted into individual ones of said second end plate holes;
- wherein items are adapted to be stored between corresponding pairs of adjacent dowels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.