Prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete shelving element for forming storage spaces

Claim 2

A shelving construction comprising substantially identical prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements for erecting shelving and shelved structures; each element having an H-shape in plan view and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, intermediate their ends, by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said flanges and webs having co-planar normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces of said flanges and webs to form supports for shelves, load-bearing pallets and stock; said elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height; connection means interconnecting a pair of superposed elements; said connection means including a first substantially horizontal plate embedded in the lower element and a second substantially horizontal plate embedded in the upper element; each plate having an elongated slot therein, and the two slots extending at right angles to each other; a bolt extending through the two slots and having a head; a first nut threaded on the bolt to clamp one of said plates between said first nut and the head of said bolt; and a pair of second nuts threaded on the bolt and engageable with respective opposite surfaces of The other plate; whereby, by virtue of the mutually perpendicular slots, the two superposed elements can be adjusted laterally with respect to each other and, by virtue of the two second nuts, the vertical spacing between the two superposed elements can be adjusted.

Claim 3

A shelving construction comprising substantially identical prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements for erecting shelving and shelved structures; each element having an H-shape in plan view and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, intermediate their ends, by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said flanges and webs having co-planar normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces of said flanges and webs to form supports for shelves, load-bearing pallets and stock; said elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height; prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements each having a U-shape in plan and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, at one end, with each other by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges, the upper edges of said last-named flanges having normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces thereof and the upper edge of said web having a normally horizontal lateral extension projecting from at least one lateral surface thereof; the height of each U-shape element being substantially equal to the height of each H-shape element; said U-shape elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height and to form, when arranged with their flanges projecting inwardly of the area occupied by the shelving, a closure wall for the space containing the shelving; said U-shape elements being arranged in laterally spaced relation; said shelving construction further including prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete plates interconnecting spaced U-shape elements to complete the wall of the shelving enclosure.

Claim 4

A shelving construction comprising substantially identical prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements for erecting shelving and shelved structures; each element having an H-shape in plan view and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, intermediate their ends, by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said flanges and webs having co-planar normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces of said flanges and webs to form supports for shelves, load-bearing pallets and stock; said elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height; prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements each having a U-shape in plan and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, at one end, with each other by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges, the upper edges of said last-named flanges having normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces thereof and the upper edge of said web having a normally horizontal lateral extension projecting from at least one lateral surface thereof; the height of each U-shape element being substantially equal to the height of each H-shape element; said U-shape elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height and to form, when arranged with their flanges projecting inwardly of the area occupied by the shelving, a closure wall for the space containing the shelving; said U-shape elements being arranged in laterally spaced relation; said shelving construction further including prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete plates interconnecting spaced U-shape elements to complete the wall of the shelving enclosure.

Claim 5

A shelving construction comprising substantially identical prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements for erecting shelving and shelved structures; each element having an H-shape in plan view and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, intermediate their ends, by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said flanges and webs having co-planar normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces of said flanges and webs to form supports for shelves, load-bearing pallets and stock; said elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height; prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements each having a U-shape in plan and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, at one end, with each other by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said last-named flanges having normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces thereof and the upper edge of said web having a normally horizontal lateral extension projecting from at least one lateral surface thereof; the height of each U-shape element being substantially equal to the height of each H-shape element; said U-shape elements beinG superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height and to form, when arranged with their flanges projecting inwardly of the area occupied by the shelving, a closure wall for the space containing the shelving; the web of each U-shape element extending laterally outwardly beyond each flange thereof to abut the web of a laterally adjacent U-shape element to form the wall of the shelving enclosure.

Claim 6

A shelving construction comprising substantially identical prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements for erecting shelving and shelved structures; each element having an H-shape in plan view and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, intermediate their ends, by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said flanges and webs having co-planar normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces of said flanges and webs to form supports for shelves, load-bearing pallets and stock; said elements being superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height; prefabricated self-supporting reinforced concrete elements each having a U-shape in plan and comprising a pair of substantially parallel normally vertical flanges interconnected, at one end, with each other by a normally vertical web perpendicular to said flanges; the upper and lower edges of said web being co-planar with the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said flanges; the upper edges of said last-named flanges having normally horizontal lateral extensions projecting from both opposite lateral surfaces thereof and the upper edge of said web having a normally horizontal lateral extension projecting from at least one lateral surface thereof; the height of each U-shape element being substantially equal to the height of each H-shape element; said U-shape elements beinG superposable in vertical alignment to form a shelving construction of a desired height and to form, when arranged with their flanges projecting inwardly of the area occupied by the shelving, a closure wall for the space containing the shelving; the web of each U-shape element extending laterally outwardly beyond each flange thereof to abut the web of a laterally adjacent U-shape element to form the wall of the shelving enclosure.