Patent ID: 6158943
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for storing pallets used to carry loads comprising: a track assembly having a pair of parallel linear rails, a plurality of carts for carrying pallets movably mounted on the rails, each of said rails having a step box cross section, a bottom wall, upright first and second side walls joined to the bottom wall, upright middle wall located between said upright side walls, an upper top wall joined to the first side wall and middle wall, and a lower top wall joined to the second side wall and middle wall to locate the lower top wall below the horizontal plane of the upper top wall; each of said carts having a pair of parallel laterally spaced side members, each of said side members having an inwardly directed longitudinal top flange and an inwardly and upwardly directed longitudinal lower flange spaced below the top flange, deck means extended between and secured to the side members for accommodating a pallet, said deck means covering generally all of the area between the side members, said deck means having first and second ends, said first end of the deck means being located in the space between the top flange and lower flange of one side member, said second end of the deck means being located in the space between the top flange and lower flange of the other side member, means securing the first and second ends of the deck means to the top and lower flanges of the side members, and wheel means mounted on the side members supporting the carts on the rails, said wheel means of some of the carts being engagable with lower top walls of the rails and said wheel means of other carts being engagable with the upper top walls of the rails whereby the plurality of carts can be located in vertical stacked relation and moved in generally end-to-end relation along the length of the rails.