Abstract: A rack for a removable shelf comprises a pair of profiled vertical joints with generally U-shaped cross-sections, cross-member braces for linking together the pair of profiled vertical joints to form a unit, and interlinkable longitudinal beams also for connecting together the pair of profiled vertical joints. Two longitudinal rows of slanted apertures are provided along the length of each one of the pair of profiled vertical joints for fitting together the pair of profiled vertical joints with the interlinkable longitudinal beams. The apertures are arranged in pairs equidistant from each other and converge symmetrically together downwards. Each of the apertures has a contour which takes the approximate shape of an irregular pentagon. Angular sections are provided at each end of the interlinkable longitudinal beams for fitting these beams with the pair of profiled vertical joints.

Abstract: A storage rack has vertical posts with vertically spaced apertures. Rails extend horizontally between the posts and are locked onto them by means of mounting plates on the ends of the rails. Each mounting plate has a pair of contiguous perpendicular planar surfaces that receive the edge margin of the post in the corner that they provide. The rail extends from one of the planar portions of the mounting plate, while the other planar portion has apertures through it that are aligned with apertures through two parallel walls of the post. The free ends of the legs of a generally U-shaped connector extend through these holes and are fastened at the exterior surface of the apertured mounting-plate portion by nuts. Exteriorly of the opposite post wall, the U-shaped connector has an offset web portion that extends perpendicularly of the leg portions beyond the edge margin of the post and around a narrowed tongue portion of the mounting-plate portion from which the rail extends.

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.

Abstract: A display rack having a back wall, and at least two side walls, and having hinge means interconnecting between respective side walls and the back wall, such hinge means being located at spaced apart intervals whereby the side walls may be swung flat against the back wall for shipping, and may be swung away therefrom for erection, and having shelving dimensioned to fit between the two side walls when the same are swung apart and the shelving having fastening means integral therewith interengageable with the side walls whereby the shelving may be secured along either side edge to respective side walls, in supporting relation thereto, and at the same time interlocking such side walls together in predetermined spaced apart relation so that they are no longer swingable with respect to the back wall, and forming a rigid three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: A storage rack having specially configured wedging connector assemblies secured to the ends of horizontal load-carrying beams that fit onto upright posts to detachably connect and wedgingly secure the beams to the posts. In the preferred form, each post has a recessed front wall that defines a plurality of finger-receiving openings. Each of the openings has at least one inclined wedging surface that provides tighter engagement of the connector assembly at the end of each load-carrying beam with its associated upright post in response to the downward force exerted by the beam and its load. In order to minimize longitudinal and lateral shifting of the beams under load or upon accidental forklift impact, each of the wedging connector assemblies has a plurality of hook-shaped fingers with inclined camming portions that cammingly engage and securely wedge against the wedging surfaces of the posts.

Abstract: A storage rack assembly includes a plurality of vertically disposed corner posts and a plurality of horizontally disposed beams interconnected between the corner posts for defining a box-like structure having a front face and a rear face. A plurality of elongate partition members are interconnected in spaced parallel relationship between a beam forming part of the front face and a beam forming part of the rear face, each partition member comprising a longitudinal base portion, a longitudinal leg portion extending upwardly from the center of the base portion and a pair of longitudinal shoulders extending upwardly from each edge of the base portion. Each partition member further includes longitudinal mating means depending from the center of the base portion for mating with suitable slots formed in the beams of the front and rear faces of the assembly.

Abstract: A cargo carrier adapted to fit a wide range of models, makes and styles, including pickup trucks. A pair of side rails, preferably channels, are supported on legs which are to be bolted to the truck side panel. At the tops of the legs are angle mounting brackets, each with a horizontal portion which hooks over the lower flange of the channel member and an upright portion which is bolted to the web of the channel member. The front legs are bolted through a selected one of a series of bolt holes in the channel to adapt to the particular truck bed length. Load-carrying cross bars are of tubular construction and have threaded nuts welded in the ends thereof so that they may be bolted to the channel members. The channel members are in at least two sections with an intermediate, extender section being optional for long truck beds. The all-bolted construction facilitates packing and shipping for on-site assembly.

Abstract: A rack which is easily knocked down and set up comprises a base and corner standards releasably attached to that base. A plurality of rails are releasably coupled to the corner standards. The rack can also be used as a skid and coupling members are disclosed which quickly and easily attach the rails to the corner standards. Several forms of the coupling members are disclosed.

Abstract: A reinforced storage rack for substantially resisting forklift impact, bending and deflection. The reinforced rack has a plurality of composite post assemblies each including a metal post and an impact-resistant wooden core. Desirably, the reinforced rack also has a plurality of generally horizontal composite beam assemblies each of which include a metal beam and a deflection-resistant wooden core.

Abstract: A support member for a deck member, such as a wire shelf, including an elongated channel having opposite end portions which are preferably die-formed to include side wall portions of lesser depth than the side walls of the channel and a web portion having a vertically projecting central flange member and bearing surfaces above the plane of the web of the main channel member, the bearing surfaces being adapted to rest upon the ledge of a transverse support beam, so that the support member spans a pair of support beams upon which the opposite end portions of the channel are supported.

Abstract: A storage unit of the disclosure includes vertical posts on which beams that connect the posts are adjustably supported at selected heights. Each post has an elongated shape of a T-shaped cross section including an imperforate outer wall, imperforate side walls that extend inwardly from the outer wall in spaced relationship to each other, inner walls that extend from the side walls toward each other in spaced relationship to the outer wall, and flanges which extend inwardly from the inner walls and are connected to each other. Mounting openings are provided in each inner wall of the post along the length thereof for use in securing the beams to the post. Each beam has an elongated shape between the posts and opposite ends which include respective notches. At least one attachment tab is mounted within each beam notch for protection when the beam is not being used and for use in securing the beam to the post by projecting through one of the post mounting openings.

Abstract: A shelf having a horizontal planar supporting surface and an edge portion is supported by a vertically disposed post having a pair of support strips fixed in angular relation to each other and in each of which a plurality of apertures are formed in vertically spaced relationship together with a support clip having a pair of vertically disposed support panels fixed in angular relation to each other and respectively disposed adjacent said support strips, the angular relation between said support panels corresponding generally with that between said support strips so that the panel and strips are disposed in parallel relationship to each other and wherein at least one support tab is formed on each support panel and disposed in an aperture in the associated support strip, the support tabs being configured so that the shelf edge portion may be firmly gripped between said support strips and their corresponding support panels.

Abstract: Storage racking in which each bay, which is disposed back-to-back with another bay, contains a wheeled trolley which carries a standard pallet. The trolley can move to the rear of the bay against the restoring force of elastic cables to leave sufficient room at the front of the bay for another standard pallet.

Abstract: A boat trailer storage rack is of modular construction and is made with parts of short length which can easily be carried to an assembly place. It includes wheel tracks which can be moved to underlie wheels of different tread width and reduce manufacturing costs and assembly time.

Abstract: A structural unit, such as for instance a storage framework composed of a plurality of storage frame components assembled into a storage rack, for use, for example, in warehousing systems. The framework comprises generally vertical column members which in certain embodiments are basically of a generally U-shaped configuration in horizontal cross section, but having a connecting or bridging plate or member disposed between and connected to the arms of the U, with the bridging member being preferably recessed inwardly from the distal ends of the arms. A fastener means, such as for instance a threaded stud, is secured to the bridging plate and projects generally perpendicularly outwardly therefrom. In other embodiments the column members are tubular and of polygonal configuration in horizontal cross section with the studs secured to spaced plates attached to one face of the respective column.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a rack system for use in a warehouse to store pallets loaded with goods. The system includes a plurality of racks which are separated by aisles. Each rack includes a plurality of vertical frames which are spaced apart so as to define storage rows. Each frame includes a plurality of vertical posts and horizontal pallet-rails. The pallet-rails are mounted to the posts so as to extend forwardly beyond the front posts. Thus when the rack is loaded, the front post is "buried" between rows of loaded pallets for protection against fork truck collision. Furthermore, with this positioning of the front post, the entrance or opening to the row is greater than with prior art constructions. The greater opening permits a forklift operator to more easily maneuver loads into the row or permits a reduction in the width of the aisle between racks.

Abstract: An industrial storage rack construction which receives cassettes, that is, elongated racks for heavy materials, in vertically arranged relationship. The cassettes are to be inserted in and retrieved from the rack, and the invention pertains to the means for supporting the cassettes. This means comprises a series of rollers from front to rear of the rack at each level, supported by anti-friction bearings, and a rigid bar with a convex upper surface across the rear of the rack. The top of this bar is at a level slightly above the leve of the rollers. Each cassette is constructed with lower rails which ride on the rollers when the cassette is being inserted. The rearward ends of these rails will ride up on the rigid bar as insertion is completed so that the cassette will be frictionally locked in place while still being retrievable by the exertion of a relatively small withdrawing force.

Abstract: A storage rack is provided with posts and shelving for supporting goods. The posts are of the type having keyhole slots. Several types of post protectors are disclosed. Both of the post protectors have fasteners engageable with the keyhole slots to provide means to secure them to a storage rack to minimize damage to the storage rack posts in the event that the posts are accidentally struck by various types of vehicles such as fork lift trucks and the like. The one post protector is provided for mounting on the front face of the post and extends vertically a number of feet to protect the storage rack post from ground level upwards to a desired point. A second corner post protector is provided for mounting at right angles to the other first described post protector and provides means to shield the post from blows which might be directed or received at generally right angles to those receivable against the other first described post protector.

Abstract: A storage rack assembly comprising a plurality of L shaped corner posts each having a plurality of spaced apart openings in each wall thereof for interlocking with mating tabs struck from near one end of each of a plurality of beams. Each corner post opening has a central area wider than its opposite ends, which ends lie on a line coaxial with the elongate axis of a post. Each tab comprises a central portion spaced from the beam, two opposed connecting arms extending outwardly from the central portion coaxial with the elongate axis of the beam and transversely of the connecting arms. Upon assembly, the elongate axis of the beam and post are arranged in perpendicular relationship enabling a tab to be inserted through the wider central area of an opening and then moved downwardly to provide a three point contact defined by the opposed ears extending over and contacting one face of one post wall and by one connecting arm engaging and bearing against one end of the opening.

Abstract: A storage rack having columns with apertures releasably mounting load support brackets is provided with clean-outs at the base of each column to enable foreign matter which enters the columns to be removed from the insides of the columns. Each column has a front flange and side flanges with bottom edges which engage a base plate. The front flange has a lower edge defining an upwardly-narrowing recess at the base of the column. A pair of gusset plates with inturned deflector flanges extend upwardly from the base plate and along the side flanges of the column. Each gusset plate has a recess in its lower edge, and weldement in each gusset plate recess secures the side flanges and the gusset plates to the base plate.

Abstract: A metal pallet rack of the vertically adjustable type having at least four rectangularly spaced vertical support posts, a plurality of pairs of horizontal shelf beams detachably mounted on the posts by means of post-to-beam connectors, and a plurality of stamped steel metal hook elements integrally attached to each post-to-beam connector, the hook elements being detachably engageable with a vertical series of keyhole shaped apertures in the front wall of each post, each such keyhole shaped aperture having a minimum lateral dimension substantially greater than the gauge of the sheet metal of said hooks.

Abstract: A portable, multi-level knock-down frame structure for supporting a plurality of objects of varying shapes, sizes and weights in individual compartments. The materials for the structure may be selected to accommodate boats and store the same adjacent a body of water in a rust-inhibiting environment. The framework is made up of a plurality of interconnected members forming a box-like framework with vertical rows of spaced compartments. These members may be adjusted to vary the overall height of each compartment and may include means in each compartment for supporting the object to be stored, such as a boat, off of the structural members forming the framework structure and may also be adjustable with respect to the framework for accommodating objects, such as boats, of varying shapes and sizes.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an assembling device for setting up metal structures, characterized on the one hand, by the fact that the uprights are built as box-type elements having a front plane portion adjacent to two deep mouldings, which themselves are next to the side walls, to which aforesaid mouldings are connected by a semitubular edge, aforesaid deep mouldings being provided with spaced elongated openings, and on the other hand, by the fact that the hooking elements, which are integral with the cross-members, are provided along their height with alternate parallel and perpendicular protrusions with respect to aforesaid front face of the upright, aforesaid perpendicular protrusions fitting into aforesaid openings provided in the bottom of the deep mouldings in the upright.

Abstract: The invention provides a combination of a post and an end connector for use in a rack system to support shelves and the like. The posts have first and second side ribs extending longitudinally and center portions extend between the side ribs. Each center portion defines longitudinally spaced slots and the side ribs are disposed symmetrically to either side of the center portions. The end connector has a channel shape adapted to fit snugly over a side rib of one of the posts. Coupling elements extend from the channel shape and each has a cantilever portion and a downward projection dependent from an end of the cantilever portion. The projection defines a rearward face inclined downwardly and rearwardly for engagement with a rearward side of the center portion of the post after engaging the coupling element in the post.

Abstract: A connector for use in connecting two perforate members at a predetermined angle. The connector comprises a base plate. A first catch member on the base plate is able to engage in a perforation in one of the perforate members. A second catch member on the base plate is able to engage with a perforation in the second perforated member when the two members are placed together at the predetermined angle. A third catch member on the base plate is able to engage a perforation in each perforate member that is spaced from a perforation engaged by the first and second catch members. An offset is formed in the plate between either the first or the second catch member and the third catch member. The offset is about equal to the thickness of one perforate member.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic shelf support has a back portion with a shelf-receiving flange projecting from one side thereof and a stem projecting from the other side thereof. The back portion also includes adjacent sections that form an obtuse angle with a shoulder at the vertex of the angle and presented toward the flange. The aforesaid adjacent sections yield resiliently and flatten out as the shelf edge portion is snapped past the shoulder to seat on the flange, whereby the shelf edge portion is confined between the flange and the shoulder.

Abstract: An adjustable storage rack utilizing end frames wherein front and rear columns are interconnected to provide fixed fore-and-aft spacing. The columns are apertured at spaced intervals to attach beams having mating connectors. The columns include apertured vertical members which are shortened to terminate substantially above the floor plus unapertured posts which extend to the floor and overlap with each other along a distance preferably at least equal to the shortened distance. The upper ends of the posts are closed while the bottom ends of apertured members are open.

Abstract: A self-supporting assembly formed as a detachable replacement unit for hanging objects to be shipped, particularly garments, is designed as a frame assembly with a plurality of parts such as perforated rails, suspension rods and side members, many of which may be assembled from identical parts with the support frame being braced within a shipping container by means of spindle drives in such a manner that no fastening with the container itself is necessary thereby avoiding the necessity for structurally altering or damaging the walls of the container or leaving any visible signs of damage in any part of the container.