A
pallet racking for storing pallets or the like. The
pallet racking is made up of vertical columns, lateral and cantilevered structural members fixed to the vertical columns, and longitudinal rails supported on the structural members. These rails, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, are in the form of channels having their lower edges turned inward. The rails are connected to the lateral or cantilevered structural members by joints which include a clamp plate. The clamp plate has a square body which fits between the legs of the channel and the square body has two flanges, one flange at each of two opposite sides of the body. The body is received in the channel overlying the inturned edges. The flanges of the clip cradle, the top part of the transverse structural members and a bolt extends through the clip and through the structural members. Thus, the clip holds the rails rigidly to the lateral or cantilevered structural members and holds the entire assembly in rigid relation.
The
pallet racking indicated generally at 10 is of the general type shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,152,670 and 3,097,747. The pallet racking 10 for supporting pallets is generally shown in FIG. 1. The pallets indicated at 11 are supported on the longitudinal rails 16 of the
pallet rackings. The fork truck indicated at 12 may move between the aisles of the pallet rackings in a conventional manner.
The
pallet racking has columns 20 which have cantilevered structural members 14 fixed to the columns and the cantilevered structural members 14 support the first structural members or rails 16 which are attached to the structural members 14 by means of joints shown more particularly in FIG. 3.
It will be noted that the side edges 13 and 15 of the clips restrain torsional movement of the rails 16 relative to the structural or cantilevered members 114 and 14 and likewise the legs 25 and 26 resist torsional movement of the clip relative to the members 114 or 14. The bolts 27 firmly hold the rails 16 and members 14 firmly together. Thus the entire
pallet racking is rigid and resists shaking movements.
