Patent ID: 8235224
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A47B,A47F,B65G

Abstract:
1. A knockdown shelving system for storing vehicle wheels or tires, comprising: a plurality of connected shelves with storage compartments that are configured to store vehicle wheels or tires upright and parallel to each other, the wheels or tires resting on their running surface; vertical posts located at each corner of the connected shelves and shared between adjacent shelves, the vertical posts being formed of a rolled hollow T-profile having a T-shaped cross-section and vertical edges folded into one another at a lower end of a stem section of the T-profile; longitudinally spaced perforations of identical form, size, and spacing, extending along the vertical posts, wherein each vertical post comprises lengthwise and crosswise struts with two vertically separated downward-directed hooks arranged at each end, the hooks being configured to engage vertically into the perforations of the vertical posts; tire carriers configured to be placed onto the lengthwise struts, comprising storage compartments for tires or wheels formed by two tire carriers extending parallel between front and rear vertical posts, and by crosswise struts extending perpendicular to the tire carriers between two front vertical posts and two rear vertical posts, respectively.