Patent ID: 6311626
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A hanging storage shelf system for hanging a shelf from ceiling joists of a ceiling, said system comprising:a plurality of hanging rods for supporting a shelf from the ceiling, each of said hanging rods having a first and a second end, each of said first and second ends of said rods being threaded;wherein said plurality of hanging rods comprises at least four hanging rods, said hanging rods being spaced such that a first, a second, a third and a fourth hanging rod define four corners of a rectangle, wherein each of said rods is releaseably screwed into the ceiling joists;at least two bars for connecting said hanging rods, said bars each having a first and second end having a bore therein, wherein each second end of said first and third rods is inserted in one of said bores of one of said bars, wherein each second end of said second and fourth bars is inserted in one of said bores of the other of said bars;a plurality of nuts for holding said bars to said hanging rods, one of said nuts being secured on each of said second ends of said hanging rods;a shelf platform for resting on said bars, said shelf platform having a pair of opposite edges, wherein one of said edges rests on one of said bars and the other of said edges rests on the other bar;a plurality of mountings for holding said first ends of said hanging rods, each of said mountings having a plate, each of said plates having a tube fixedly coupled thereto, each of said tubes being hollow with a threaded interior surface and an open end, said tube being oriented generally perpendicular to said plate;a plurality of bores for receiving said tubes of said mountings, said bores being through said ceiling joists; andwherein each of said plates is positionable on an upper surface of said ceiling joists such that one of said tube extends downward into each of said bores, wherein one of said first ends of said hanging rods is insertable into each of said tubes through said bore.