Pallet station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10098458-B2
Application number	US-201415116154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2014
Priority date	Feb 20, 2014
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

The present invention concerns a pallet station (1). The pallet station (1) comprises a storage surface in the form of a shelf (5). The shelf (5) is received on support beams (4) arranged between transversal beams (3). Support rails (6) are attached to the shelf (5) by means of hook elements (14, 16). The hook elements (14, 16) used for attaching the support rails (6) are beam hooks (14) and/or net hooks (16).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pallet station comprising a storage surface in the form of a shelf,
wherein the shelf is received on support beams arranged between transversal beams, and further comprising support rails attached to the shelf by means of hook elements,
wherein the shelf has a form of a net,
wherein each of the support rails comprises a main part with side parts at opposite sides of the main part, which side parts are placed perpendicular to the main part, wherein one horizontal flange is placed perpendicular to respective side part at the side of the side part opposite the side at the horizontal flange, and wherein the horizontal flanges of each support rail are placed in a common plane and directed toward each other and with a distance between each other,
wherein each of the horizontal flanges has at least one row of through openings and wherein each of the support rails is connected to the one or more nets by means of beam hooks and/or net hooks,
wherein each beam hook comprises two leg parts, wherein each leg part has a bent end, and a hook part at the end of the leg parts opposite the bent ends, wherein each leg part has a wave form.

2. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein angles and size of the wave form of the leg parts of the beam hook will be varied to influence the load that can be taken up by the beam hook.

3. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein the bent end of each leg part is received in one opening of the horizontal flange of the support rail and wherein the hook part of each beam hook is placed around one of the transversal beams.

4. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein each net hook has a central part and leg parts to be inserted in openings of the net and wherein the leg parts have a dimension larger than the openings of the net but are flexible enough to be pressed through the openings.

5. The pallet station of claim 4 , wherein each net hook is received with a first end in one opening in the at least one row of openings of one horizontal flange of the support rail and with a second end in one opening in the row of openings of the other horizontal flange of the support rail and wherein the net hook is placed abutting the surfaces facing each other of the main part and respective horizontal flange of the support rail.

6. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein the one or more nets forming the shelf is held in place by means of the net hooks and/or net fasteners.

7. The pallet station of claim 6 , wherein each net fastener comprises a central part, two legs, at opposite ends of the central part, a hook, at the free ends of the legs, and a hook part, formed between the central part and the legs and wherein the hook of the legs of each net fastener is gripping a net and the hook part of each net fastener is placed around a transversal beam.

8. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein the beam hook, the net fastener and the net hook, respectively, are each formed of one single thread bent to the desired form.

9. The pallet station of claim 8 , wherein the beam hook, the net fastener and the net hook are given means to release a mounted net and/or support rail if the net or support rail is exerted to a predetermined force.

10. The pallet station of claim 9 , wherein the size of the predetermined force is adjusted by varying curved parts of the legs and leg parts of the net fastener, beam hook and net hook, respectively.

11. The pallet station of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined force is given by dents in the thread forming the beam hook, the net fastener and/or net hook, respectively.

12. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein each support rail is furnished with one or more friction areas.

13. The pallet station of claim 12 , wherein the friction areas are given by through openings and/or friction surfaces.

14. The pallet station of claim 7 , wherein it comprises a tool for mounting a part of a support rail by means of a net hook, wherein the tool comprises a handle at one end, two legs at an opposite end and a hook at a free end of each leg and wherein each hook is perpendicular to the adjacent leg.

15. The pallet station of claim 1 , wherein the storage surface is part of a storage rack.

Assignees

• Inter Ikea Sys Bv

Inventors

• Lindmark Mikael
• Dickner Allan

Classifications

• B65D2519/00273

  made of more than one piece · CPC title

• B65D2519/00293

  made of more than one piece · CPC title

• B65D2519/00323

  made of more than one piece · CPC title

• A47B47/0083

  with four vertical uprights (for units mainly made of wood or plastic A47B47/045) · CPC title

• B65D2519/00572

  with separate auxiliary element, e.g. screws, nails, bayonets · CPC title