Storage shelf system

• US 6,050,428 A
• Filed: 08/25/1997
• Issued: 04/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nedcon Magazijninrichting B.V. (Voestalpine AG)
• Original Assignee: Nedcon Magazijninrichting B.V. (Voestalpine AG)
• Inventors: Hollander, Rudolf R.
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US08/999,639
• Time in Patent Office: 967 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/135, 211/153, 211/184, 211/186, 211/187
• US Class Current: 211/186
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/021 Structural features of shelf bases
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 1/02 Storage devices furniture A47B; shop fittings A47F

Abstract

A storage shelf system has vertical supports and horizontal beams connecting the vertical supports. Profiled shelves rest on the horizontal beams. Each one of the profiled shelves has at least one integral bearing surface and integral guide surfaces projecting upwardly past the at least one bearing surface.

Claims

1. A storage shelf system comprising:

vertical supports;

horizontal beams connecting said vertical supports;

profiled shelves resting on said horizontal beams;

each one of said profiled shelves having at least one integral bearing surface and integral guide surfaces projecting upwardly past said at least one bearing surface;

wherein said guide surfaces are positioned along opposed first and second longitudinal edges of said profiled shelf;

wherein said first and second longitudinal edges have a C-shape with an upper and a lower leg, wherein an open side of said C-shape faces a vertical center plane of said profiled shelf, wherein said guide surfaces are located at an upper end of said C-shape, and wherein said lower leg of said C-shape is an abutment surface positioned below said at least one bearing surface and resting on said horizontal beams for supporting said profiled shelf on said horizontal beams.

2. A shelf system according to claim 1, wherein said guide surface provided at said upper end of said C-shape is a slanted surface extending downwardly from said upper leg toward said vertical center plane, wherein said upper leg extends horizontally, and wherein said C-shape has a vertical portion positioned opposite said open end and connecting said upper leg and said abutment surface.

3. A shelf system according to claim 1, comprising a support surface, wherein two of said bearing surfaces are provided and wherein said support surface is located between said two bearing surfaces.

4. A shelf system according to claim 3, further comprising a channel having a channel bottom, said channel positioned between said two bearing surfaces and lowered relative to said bearing surfaces, wherein said two bearing surfaces are positioned within a common plane, and wherein said support surface is located at said channel bottom.

5. A shelf system according to claim 3, wherein said support surface has openings distributed evenly across a surface area of said support surface.

6. A shelf system according to claim 5, wherein each one of said bearing surfaces is comprised of two portions and a depression arranged between said two portions, wherein said depression has openings distributed evenly across a bottom surface of said depression.

7. A shelf system according to claim 6, wherein said two portions of said bearing surface are free of openings.

8. A shelf system according to claim 1, further comprising a travel limiter projecting upwardly past said at least one bearing surface for dividing a length of said at least one bearing surface into two sections that can be independently loaded with goods.

9. A shelf system according to claim 1, wherein:

said horizontal beams have a step for receiving the ends of said profiled shelves, wherein said ends have abutment surfaces that are placed onto said steps;

the at least one bearing surface is substantially flush with an upper surface of said horizontal beams; and

said guide surfaces project upwardly past said upper surface of said horizontal beams.

10. A shelf system according to claim 1, wherein:

said guide surfaces extend centrally in a longitudinal direction of said profiled shelf and face away from one another;

said bearing surfaces are positioned to the right and to the left of said guide surfaces.