Shelving display rack

• US 6,799,689 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2002
• Issued: 10/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patent Applied Technology
• Original Assignee: Patent Applied Technology
• Inventors: Langtry, David
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/082,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20030160011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 952 Days
• Field of Search: 211/181.1, 211/186, 211/187, 211/59.2, 211/134, 211/153, 211/189, 211/190, 211/151, 211/175, 211/90-1-, 211/150, 312/351, 312/35, 108/147.11, 108/147.16, 108/155, 108/106, 108/107, 108/109, 108/110, 108/144.11, 108/147.12, 108/147.15, 108/147.17, 108/6, 108/182, 108/193, 248/454, 248/455, 248/235, 248/241-243, 248/240.2, 248/249, 248/250, 280/79.3
• US Class Current: 211/59.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/121 made of tubes or wire elongated hooks A47F5/0807
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0018 Display racks with shelves or receptables racks per se A47B; storage devices for warehouses B65G1/02

Abstract

A shelving rack includes a frame structure including two generally vertical rear legs and two generally vertical front legs and a plurality of shelves formed of welded wire mesh arranged one above the next with a width substantially equal to the width of the rack and a depth between a front edge and a rear edge substantially equal to but greater than the depth of the rack. Each shelf is supported at the front edge either on a wire of the shelf attached across between the front legs or on a transverse beam of the frame so the weight from the front edge is carried by the front legs. Each shelf is inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge toward the rear edge which is elevated with each shelf having an element forming part of a rear stiffener thereof at the rear edge in engagement with a respective one of the rear legs or a transverse beam across the rear legs.

Claims

1. A shelving rack comprising:

a frame structure including two generally vertical rear legs and two generally vertical front legs with the front legs arranged at a front of the rack and spaced by a width of the rack and the rear legs arranged at the rear of the rack and spaced by the width of the rack, the front legs being spaced from the rear legs by a depth of the rack;

a plurality of shelves arranged above one another and each having a width substantially equal to the width of the rack and a depth between a front edge and a rear edge substantially equal to the depth of the rack;

each shelf being supported at the front edge by a respective one of a plurality of front transverse shelf support beams connected across the front legs so the weight from the front edge of each shelf is carried by the front legs;

each shelf being formed from a generally planar shelf material;

each shelf having a shelf plane being inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge toward the rear edge;

each shelf being supported at the rear edge by a respective one of a plurality of rear transverse shelf support beams connected across the rear legs so the weight from the rear edge of each shelf is carried by the rear legs;

each of the front support beams including a front support receptacle for the respective edge of the respective shelf, each front support receptacle being formed by a horizontal surface and a rearwardly facing vertical surface forming a right angle therebetween;

each of the rear support beams including a rear support receptacle for the respective edge of the respective shelf, each rear support receptacle being formed by a horizontal surface and a forwardly facing vertical surface forming a right angle therebetween;

the front edge of each shelf engaging into the respective front support receptacle of the respective front support beam

each shelf having the shelf material thereof bent adjacent a rear edge thereof to form a main shelf portion extending from the receptacle of the respective front beam upwardly and rearwardly to an apex and a downwardly turned rear edge portion extending across the width of the shelf and arranged at an angle to the shelf plane so as to extend downwardly from the apex;

the shelf including the main shelf portion, the apex and the rear edge portion formed from the shelf material which is bent at the apex;

the apex being spaced above the respective front beam and spaced above the respective rear beam such that the rear edge portion extends downwardly from a position spaced above the respective rear beam at the apex;

and each shelf having the rear edge thereof at the bottom of the rear edge portion engaging into the respective rear receptacle of the respective rear support beam.

2. The shelving rack according to claim 1, wherein each shelf includes a plurality of stiffener members each extending from the front edge to the downwardly turned rear edge portion, the stiffener members being arranged at positions spaced across the width of the shelf.

3. The shelving rack according to claim 2 wherein each stiffener member is of reduced height at the front edge of the respective shelf to engage into the respective front receptacle of the respective front support beam.

4. The shelving rack according to claim 1 wherein each rear support beam is located at a height above the respective front support beam.

5. A shelving rack comprising:

a frame structure including two generally vertical rear legs and two generally vertical front legs with the front legs arranged at a front of the rack and spaced by a width of the rack and the rear legs arranged at the rear of the rack and spaced by the width of the rack, the front legs being spaced from the rear legs by a depth of the rack;

a plurality of shelves arranged above one another and each having a width substantially equal to the width of the rack and a depth between a front edge and a rear edge substantially equal to the depth of the rack;

each shelf being supported at the front edge by a respective one of a plurality of front transverse shelf support beams connected across the front legs so the weight from the front edge of each shelf is carried by the front legs;

each shelf having a shelf plane being inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge toward the rear edge;

each shelf being supported at the rear edge by a respective one of a plurality of rear transverse shelf support beams connected across the rear legs so the weight from the rear edge of each shelf is carried by the rear legs;

each of the front support beams including a front support receptacle for the respective edge of the respective shelf, each front support receptacle being formed by a horizontal surface and a rearwardly facing vertical surface forming a right angle therebetween;

each of the rear support beams including a rear support receptacle for the respective edge of the respective shelf, each rear support receptacle being formed by a horizontal surface and a forwardly facing vertical surface forming a right angle therebetween;

the front edge of each shelf engaging into the respective front support receptacle of the respective front support beam

each shelf being formed from wire mesh with longitudinal wires extending across the depth of the shelf from the front edge to the rear edge and transverse wires extending across the width of the shelf;

each shelf having the longitudinal wires thereof bent adjacent a rear edge of the shelf to form a downwardly turned rear edge portion of the shelf extending across the width of the shelf and arranged at an angle to the shelf plane so as to extend downwardly from the shelf plane;

and each shelf having the longitudinal wires at the rear edge thereof at the bottom of the rear edge portion engaging into the respective rear receptacle of the respective rear support beam.

6. The shelving rack according to claim 5 wherein the transverse wires of each shelf includes a plurality of stiffener members each extending from the front edge to the downwardly turned rear edge portion, the stiffener members being arranged at positions spaced across the width of the shelf.

7. The shelving rack according to claim 6 wherein each stiffener member is of reduced height at the front edge of the respective shelf to engage into the respective front receptacle of the respective front support beam.

8. The shelving rack according to claim 5 wherein each rear support beam is located at a height above the respective front support beam.