System and device for preventing corrosion on shelving corner posts

摘要

An anti-corrosion support device includes a post and a post protector that is disposed about a bottom portion of the post. An interior surface of the post protector is sized and shaped to fit tightly over an exterior surface of the bottom portion of the post. The anti-corrosion support device also may include an adjustment foot that passes through an aperture formed through a bottom portion of the post protector into an attachment member mounted to the post. An anti-corrosion support system includes several of the anti-corrosion support devices, shelf supporting means, and one or more shelves.

主权项

1. A support system comprising:
a post comprising an attachment member having a plurality of threads formed therein; an adjustment foot attachable to support said post, said adjustment foot including (i) a shank and (ii) a threaded portion having a plurality of threads sized and shaped to be received by the plurality of threads of the attachment member; and an anti-corrosion post protector disposable about a bottom portion of said post, an interior surface of said post protector being sized and shaped to fit tightly over an exterior surface of the bottom portion of said post, wherein said post includes at least one of attaching means for attaching a shelf thereto and supporting means for supporting a shelf, wherein said post protector comprises an elastomeric material, wherein an aperture is formed in a bottom portion of said post protector through which the shank and threaded portion of said adjustment foot are disposed when said post protector is disposed about the bottom portion of said post and said adjustment foot is attached to the attachment member of said post, wherein the aperture of said post protector has a cross section with cross-sectional dimensions less than cross-sectional dimensions of the shank of said adjustment foot, and wherein when said post protector is disposed about the bottom portion of said post and said adjustment foot is attached to the attachment member of said post, the shank of said adjustment foot causes the cross-sectional dimensions of the aperture to increase to match the cross-sectional dimensions of the shank.