Abstract: Storage rack shelving with improved fire protection for goods stored on multilevel racks, which includes decking having a plurality of channels, which have drain openings at selected locations to permit fluid from sprinklers thereabove to flow down over the goods into channels under the goods and out to lower level shelving for fire abatement, the shelving being provided with dams at the front and rear of the channels to confine and direct the sprinkler fluid.

Abstract: A storage rack which has pairs of upright columns or posts connected in pairs by a plurality of connecting members to form rack ends, which are connected together by shelf support members at selected heights to provide shelf supports, the ends of each of the members having angularly related portions for locking engagement in angular openings in the columns, and which columns have removable end caps at the top and bottom.

Abstract: Fastenings for storage racks having upright columns or posts connected in pairs with diagonal bracing are disclosed and which include gussets or locking plates for locked engagement with vertical portions of the posts and with horizontal crossbeams to connect pairs of connected posts at selected levels.