Pallet rack stopper assembly

Abstract

A pallet rack stopper assembly includes a stanchion and a bracket interconnecting the stanchion to a rear load beam of a pallet rack to provide a backstop for a pallet placed on the rack.

1 . A pallet rack stopper assembly for attachment to a longitudinally extending rear load beam of a pallet rack for impeding inadvertent rearward displacement of a pallet on the rack, said assembly comprising in combination at least one bracket adapted for registration with the rear load beam and at least one stanchion to which the bracket is attachable to provide, proximal the rear load beam, a backstop framework for stopping rearward movement of the pallet. 
   
   
       2 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said bracket comprises a base having a stanchion slot formed therein, said bracket being attachable to said stanchion with said base in vertical alignment with said rear load beam and said stanchion accommodated in said stanchion slot, said stanchion providing said backstop framework to stop said rearward movement and said base supporting said pallet proximal said stanchion. 
   
   
       3 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said bracket further comprises a side fixing plate extending upwardly from said base adjacent said stanchion slot, said side fixing plate being attachable to said stanchion when said stanchion is accommodated in said stanchion slot to attach said bracket to said stanchion. 
   
   
       4 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said bracket further comprises an upwardly extending back flange extending upwardly from said base and adjacent said stanchion slot, said back flange extending abuttingly against said stanchion when said stanchion is accommodated in said stanchion slot and said side fixing plate is attached to said stanchion. 
   
   
       5 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said bracket further comprises a downwardly extending lip extending downwardly from said base, said lip being attachable to the rear support beam. 
   
   
       6 . The assembly of  claim 5 , wherein said lip is attachable to an upwardly extending step of the rear support beam. 
   
   
       7 . The assembly of  claim 5 , wherein said lip has at least one lip aperture drilled therein and through which said lip may be bolted to the rear support beam to attach said lip thereto. 
   
   
       8 . The assembly of  claim 6 , wherein said bracket further comprises first and second stiffening webs extending downwardly from said base on first and second base sides thereof towards said lip, said stiffening webs being spaced apart relative said lip and defining a recess therewith for registration with the rear support beam when said bracket is attached to said stanchion. 
   
   
       9 . The assembly of  claim 6 , wherein said recess registers with the step of said rear support beam when said bracket is connected to said stanchion. 
   
   
       10 . The assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said side fixing plate stanchions are securable to a floor. 
   
   
       11 . The assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said stanchion comprises longitudinally extending first and second generally opposed side faces, a longitudinally extending proximal face positioned facing the rear load beam and extending from the first side face to the second side face, the side faces and the proximal face defining a U-shape for said stanchion. 
   
   
       12 . The assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said stanchion comprises a plurality of fixing holes on first and second side faces thereof, said side plate being attached to said stanchion by bolting of said side fixing plate to said stanchion through said fixing holes. 
   
   
       13 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one stanchion comprises a plurality of stanchions and said at least one bracket comprises a plurality of brackets, at least one of said brackets being connectable to at least one of said stanchions. 
   
   
       14 . A pallet rack system comprising a plurality of vertical 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  claim 1 , said assembly being connected to the rear longitudinally extending load beams.