Patent ID: 7891507

Claim:
In combination, decking for a storage rack system, and the storage rack system comprising a plurality of vertical columns and a plurality of horizontal step beams that define at least one storage bay, each step beam having a lip onto which the decking is mounted to form a storage shelf, the decking comprising: a single sheet of sheet metal cut and folded to form a plurality of parallel deck members, each said deck member having an upper deck surface, a lower deck surface, and sidewalls; said single sheet of sheet metal further folded to form two cross rails perpendicular to said deck members, said cross rails at either end of said deck members, each said cross rail comprising a lower rail surface and a side rail surface, each said lower rail surface overlapping at least a portion of said lower deck surface of said deck members; and said lower rail surface secured to said lower deck surface at the overlap of said lower rail surface and said lower deck surface.