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Portion of shelf and support for shelving unit

  • US 9,375,102 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2010
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A shelving unit comprising:

  • a plurality of corner columnsfront and rear shelf supporting beams;

    each beam connected at respective ends thereof to respective corner column;

    each beam including a first vertical component in a single vertical plane, and having two sides, an upper surface extending from one of said sides;

    a second vertical component extending downwardly away from said upper surface;

    said first and second vertical components being spaced apart and parallel;

    a shelf supporting flange extending solely in a single horizontal plane from a lower edge of said second vertical component for supporting a shelf beneath said upper surface lower than said upper surface, and a lower flange, spaced from, parallel and beneath said shelf supporting flange and said upper surface;

    said upper surface, and said lower flange extending in separate horizontal planes and in parallel directions away from the same one of said sides of said first vertical component of said beam,said upper surface oriented at a level above said shelf supporting flange;

    said shelving unit further comprising a tie bar having two respective ends;

    each end of said tie bar engaging and captured between said shelf supporting flange and said lower flange of a front and a rear supporting beam respectively;

    said tie bar providing resistance to twisting of said beams in which it is captured due to uneven shelf loading.

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