Patent ID: 8459475

Claim:
A configurable storage system comprising: at least one rectangular frame having a width dimension with width W and a depth dimension with depth D, the frame having a face along the width dimension, the frame comprising: four horizontally spaced apart vertical uprights, one of the uprights at each corner of the frame, the uprights forming a rectangular horizontal footprint having the width W and the depth D; at least one pair of lower horizontal beams attached to the uprights and extending in the width dimension of the frame and residing at the same height; a pair of upper horizontal beams vertically spaced apart above each of the at least one pair of lower horizontal beams and extending in the width dimension of the frame and residing at the same height, the pair of lower horizontal beams and the pair of upper horizontal beams spaced apart vertically by a section height Hs; and end bracing connecting the uprights along the depth dimension, wherein the width W, the depth D, and the height Hs define a section of the storage system; and storage clamped to the upper horizontal beams in at least one of the sections of the storage system, the storage comprising container storage comprising: pilasters attached to the upper horizontal beams; and pairs of opposing racks attached to the pilasters and providing ledges receiving containers, wherein the pilasters reach across the depth dimension of the frame and include top bars, and top clamping fingers attached at each end of the top bars, for tightly sandwiching a horizontal edge of the upper horizontal beams between the top bars and top clamping fingers to attach the pilasters to the upper horizontal beams.