Patents Assigned to United Steel Enterprises, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6595379
    Abstract: A lock for preventing inadvertent removal of a first frame component from a second frame component of an adjustable storage system. The lock includes a housing having a distal end extending into the first frame component, a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the housing, with the distal end thereof extending into the second frame component when the shaft is in the extended position and not extending into the second frame component when the shaft is in the retracted position, a head being slender and elongated, joined to the proximal end of the shaft, and extending radially outwardly therefrom, radially outwardly through the housing, when the shaft is in the extended position and the retracted position, and a spring joined between the head and the housing and biasing the shaft into the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: United Steel Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Powell
  • Patent number: 6378711
    Abstract: A beam for supporting an load such as a storage rack, platform or the like is provided whereby products in or on the article can be stored safely and displayed. In particular, the present invention includes a beam with a support element having a first and a second end, a continuous base portion having a turned portion positioned between the first and second ends of the support element, a beveled display portion joined to the continuous base portion, and a brace portion joining the display portion to the support element. The beam preferably has a closed cross section whereby all portions unitary with one another. An article such as a storage rack platform is loaded onto the support element while a bar code or other product information indicia are displayed on the beveled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: United Steel Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Skulnik, Gary Smith
  • Patent number: D448279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: United Steel Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Powell