Patent ID: 7249442
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: A47F,B65G,E04H

Abstract:
1. A storage rack vibration isolator for use with a storage rack system installed on a floor, the storage rack system having a plurality of columns, the storage rack system being more flexible in a first horizontal dimension and less flexible in a second horizontal dimension, the storage rack system having at least a first column and a second column adjacent one another located in the second horizontal dimension, said storage rack vibration isolator comprising: at least one seismic vibration absorption and dissipation structure constructed to be located primarily between the first and second columns in the second horizontal dimension to reduce the natural frequency of the storage rack system in at least the second horizontal dimension, said at least one seismic vibration absorption and dissipation structure including a first member connectable to the storage rack system and a second member connectable to the floor; at least one column support assembly mountable to at least the first and second columns to enable the first and second columns to move with respect to the floor; and a structure to limit the movement of the first and second columns during seismic events to substantially the second horizontal dimension.