IP Library Granted Patent US 12,467,255
Granted Patent B2
US 12,467,255 · App. 17/637,984 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Partitioning storage rack and building

Inventors: Ayako Kaji (Osaka, JP); Ayaka Hirose (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
E04B2/74
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Patent No.
US 12,467,255
App. No.
17/637,984
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A partitioning storage rack includes a storage unit that that can store articles. The storage unit includes a plurality of first type storage units that are configured so that one side of the storage unit is visible from the other side, and a second type storage unit that is configured so that the one side of the storage unit is not visible from the other side. The plurality of first type storage units differ from each other in location in the height direction of the partitioning storage rack.

Claims (41)

1 . A partitioning storage rack, comprising:

a storage portion configured to store an article, wherein

the partitioning storage rack extends in a height direction, a width direction intersecting the height direction, and a depth direction intersecting the height direction and the width direction,

the partitioning storage rack includes a first height part with a first height and a second height part with a second height higher than the first height in the height direction of the partitioning storage rack,

the second height part is laterally connected to the first height part,

the partitioning storage rack includes a plurality of shelf boards for storing the article spaced apart by a space and stackedly arranged in the height direction, wherein the plurality of shelf boards project in the depth direction relative to a backboard arranged in the height direction,

wherein some of the shelf boards are arranged to span continuously both the first height part and the second height part,

the storage portion includes a plurality of first type storage portions configured to allow a person to view through the storage portion from one side to an other side and a second type storage portion configured not to allow the person to view through the storage portion from the one side to the other side,

the second type storage portion is configured to allow the article to be stored and removed along the depth direction, and

the first type storage portions are located at different positions in a height direction of the partitioning storage rack.

2 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second type storage portion is arranged downward from the first type storage portions in the height direction of the partitioning storage rack.

3 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second type storage portion is arranged upward from the first type storage portions in the height direction of the partitioning storage rack.

4 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , further comprising a desk joined with the backboard, wherein the backboard is joined with the shelf boards to form the second type storage portion.

5 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 4 , wherein the desk is arranged downward from the first type storage portions.

6 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein the first height part of the partitioning storage rack is configured to be connected to a ceiling and a floor, the ceiling being lower than an upper surface of the second height part.

7 . A building, comprising:

the partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 .

8 . The building according to claim 7 , wherein

the first height part of the partitioning storage rack is connected to a floor and a ceiling, the ceiling being lower than an upper surface of the second height part,

the building further comprises:

a first room arranged at one side of the partitioning storage rack; and

a second room arranged at an other side of the partitioning storage rack,

the first type storage portions are configured to allow a person in one of the first room and the second room to view the other one of the first room and the second room, and

the second type storage portion is configured not to allow the person in the one of the first room and the second room to view the other one of the first room and the second room.

9 . The building according to claim 8 , wherein the second room includes a desk joined with the partitioning storage rack.

10 . The building according to claim 9 , wherein the desk is arranged downward from the first type storage portions.

11 . The building according to claim 8 , wherein the first room includes a kitchen.

12 . The building according to claim 8 , wherein

the first room includes an open ceiling structure, and

the building further comprises a third room arranged upward from the second room and connected to the first room through the open ceiling structure.

13 . The building according to claim 12 , wherein

the open ceiling structure is a continuous space extending across multiple floors, and

each of the first room, the second room and the third room has a floor and a ceiling.

14 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein

specific first type storage portions of the first type storage portions are arranged at positions so that a person in one of two rooms partitioned by the partitioning storage rack can view a person in the other one of the two rooms, and

one of the specific first type storage portions is arranged to be next to another one of the specific first type storage portions in the height direction, and is arranged in a different position from the another one of the specific first type storage portions in the width direction of the partitioning storage rack.

15 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the second type storage portion is arranged downward from the lowest one of the first type storage portions in the height direction of the partitioning storage rack, or

at least one of the second type storage portion is arranged upward from the highest one of the first type storage portions in the height direction of the partitioning storage rack.

16 . The partitioning storage rack according to claim 1 , further comprising a desk joined with the backboard, wherein

the backboard is joined with the shelf boards to form the second type storage portion, and wherein the desk is arranged downward from the lowest one of the first type storage portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2022
From: KAJI, AYAKO; HIROSE, AYAKA
To: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059091/0930 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-157565 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
JP 2019-157570 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220282478A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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