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A product inventory control system is provided that utilizes both fixed and movable racks. The present system may be utilized in a walk-in display cooler or other product storage application to help with inventory management and to provide easy access to stored product. The racks of the present syst

A product inventory control system is provided that utilizes both fixed and movable racks. The present system may be utilized in a walk-in display cooler or other product storage application to help with inventory management and to provide easy access to stored product. The racks of the present system include shelf support members that are selectively positionable at a plurality of different orientations so as to achieve different product support surface orientations relative to a horizontal The shelf support members are adapted for storing a plurality of different types of products and product containers. Movable racks are positioned in front of fixed racks whereby movement of a movable rack provides access to a rack positioned therebehind.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A product storage system comprising:a rack with at least one shelf for storing product; a pair of tracks secured to a support surface, said tracks each including a channel member having a pair of spaced apart top and bottom flanges and a connecting intermediate web extending therebetween defining

1. A product storage system comprising:a rack with at least one shelf for storing product; a pair of tracks secured to a support surface, said tracks each including a channel member having a pair of spaced apart top and bottom flanges and a connecting intermediate web extending therebetween defining a side opening guide channel in each track, the top and bottom flanges of each track including free spaced apart elongate edges defining said respective side opening guide channels, the side opening guide channels of said pair of tracks facing one another; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to said rack adjacent a lower portion thereof for receipt in a respective side opening guide channel, each of said wheels rotating about a generally horizontal axis; said wheels and tracks permitting restrained movement of the rack in two directions; and at least one lateral guide engagable with each track, each lateral guide including a side roller rotatably mounted to said rack about a generally vertical axis, said side roller being engagable with said intermediate web to help guide movement of the rack along said tracks.