Patent ID: 11918108
Assignee: THE SHYFT GROUP, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A method of moving a modular shelving unit between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the method comprising:
providing a modular shelving unit with a segmented base plate, a first foldable wall connected to a first longitudinal side of the segmented base plate, a second foldable wall connected to a second longitudinal side of the segmented base plate and at least one shelf: wherein the first foldable wall has a first segment and a second segment, wherein a first hinge connects the first segment to the second segment and wherein the second foldable wall has a third segment and a fourth segment, wherein a second hinge connects the third segment to the fourth segment;
moving the modular shelving unit to an expanded configuration by: (i) moving the segmented base plate to a substantially planar position; (ii) rotating the second segment about a first hinge to define a substantially planar first interior surface with the first segment; (iii) rotating the fourth segment about a second hinge to define a substantially planar second interior surface with the third segment; and (iv) extending at least one shelf from at least one of the first interior surface or the second interior surface; and
moving the modular shelving unit to a collapsed configuration by: (i) moving the segmented base plate to a non-planar position; (ii) rotating the second segment about the first hinge out of planar with the first segment; and (iii) rotating the fourth segment about the second hinge out of planar with the third segment.