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Granted Patent B2
US 12,239,220 · App. 18/285,884 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Storage rack for storing containers

Inventors: Hidekazu Atake (Ise, JP); Hiroyuki Yokoyama (Ise, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
A47B57/40A47B51/00
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Patent No.
US 12,239,220
App. No.
18/285,884
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage rack includes a base frame and a shelf movable upward with respect to the base frame. A hoist is attachable to and detachable from the base frame and placeable on the base frame. The shelf includes an engaged portion engageable with a hook of the hoist.

Claims (11)

1. A storage rack comprising:

a base frame; and

a shelf movable upward with respect to the base frame; wherein

a hoist attachable to and detachable from the base frame and placeable on the base frame;

the shelf includes an engaged portion engageable with a hook of the hoist;

the shelf includes a support column extending in a vertical direction;

the support column includes a stopper at an upper end;

the base frame includes a guide portion including an insertion hole penetrating in a vertical direction;

the guide portion restrains the stopper from descending when the support column inserted into the insertion hole descends and the shelf is positioned in a lowered position; and

a lower portion of the support column of the shelf and the base frame each include mounting holes to horizontally communicate with each other for a fixture to be attached when the shelf is positioned in a raised position.

2. The storage rack according to claim 1 , wherein the base frame includes transverse beams horizontally spaced apart and each including a placement surface on which the hoist is to be placed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: ATAKE, HIDEKAZU; YOKOYAMA, HIROYUKI
To: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065144/0152 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-068495 · Apr 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240180325A1 · Jun 6, 2024
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