Stackable Storage Rack Feet for Stable Heavy-Load Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Retail facilities face challenges in efficiently storing and staging large numbers of products due to the need for temporary storage solutions that can support heavy loads and facilitate easy movement and stacking, while also allowing forklift access and stability.
Innovation Solution
A product storage racking system comprising a frame with multiple beams, feet posts, and rack support systems that allow for independent weight support, stacking, and forklift accessibility, with foundation surfaces distributing weight across a larger area for stability and ease of movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional pallets and racks are used for temporary storage, then products can be stored, but the system lacks flexibility for stacking and movement between different storage configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into modular components: individual rack units with standardized feet that can be independently stacked and reconfigured. Each rack unit functions as a discrete module that can be combined with others through the feet stacking mechanism, enabling flexible storage configurations without requiring complex integrated structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The feet are designed with universal stacking capability, allowing the same component to serve multiple functions: providing ground support when racks are placed on the floor, and serving as stacking interfaces when racks are vertically arranged. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for different components for different storage configurations.
2Quantity of substance
If heavy loads are supported by storage racks, then product storage capacity increases, but the stability and weight distribution become problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The feet extend downward from the rack base, utilizing the vertical dimension to distribute weight over a larger area. By projecting support elements below the main rack structure, the system increases the contact area with the ground, improving weight distribution and stability without adding horizontal complexity to the rack structure itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The feet act as intermediary elements between the rack structure and the ground surface. They mediate the weight transfer by providing an extended contact area that distributes the load from the rack beams and stored products across a larger ground area, preventing concentration of stress at single points.
3Productivity
If forklift access is required for moving products, then product movement efficiency improves, but the storage system design becomes more constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The feet are positioned at specific locations at the base of each rack unit, creating localized access points that are optimized for forklift engagement. Rather than requiring the entire rack structure to accommodate forklift access, the design provides specific local features (the feet) that facilitate efficient forklift operation while maintaining simple overall rack geometry.
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AI summary
Some embodiments provide a product storage racking system, comprising: a frame comprising frame beams secured together with support surfaces aligned along a first plane; feet posts fixed to the frame beams; feet cooperated with the feet posts, wherein each of the feet is configured to stackably cooperate with a post of a set of posts that are cooperated with another product storage racking system enabling stacking; at least two rack support systems each secured with the frame and configured to support the weight of the product storage racking system and products stored on the product storage racking system independent of the three or more feet.