subject: Pallet Racking Prevent Messy Storage [print this page] Assemblies for preventing displacement of a pallet on a rack are well known in the art. Typically, such assemblies are intended to prevent displacement of the pallet by the impact from a passing forklift or because of insufficient support due to careless placement of the pallet on the rack. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,173,846, issued to Anderson, teaches a safety bracket attached to the load beams of a pallet racking for preventing pallets from being pushed off the rear end of the rack. Whilst this form of pallet rack stop is adequate for a relatively low level racking system and for pallets of limited weight and size, it has to be applied essentially during the manufacture of the pallet rack in view of its interengagement with the actual load beams. Accordingly such an arrangement would be unsuitable for retrofitting to an existing pallet rack without substantial disassembly of the whole rack.
In a second aspect, the present invention comprises a pallet racking system including a pallet rack composed of a number of support posts, front and rear longitudinally extending load beams and cross load beams between the front and rear load beams to provide a rack framework, and a pallet rack stopper assembly according to the first aspect of the invention connected to the rear longitudinally extending load beams.
Although the present invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the disclosure has been made by way of example only and that the present invention is not limited to the features of the embodiments described and illustrated herein, but includes all variations and modifications within the scope and spirit of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
It will be understood by the skilled addressee that the depth dimension of the base from the lip to the back flange may be varied depending upon the size of pallets to be accommodated on the pallet racking.
