| 摘要 |
A freestanding storage station includes a pair of spaced-apart, generally parallel side members and a roof that is supported by the side members. Each side member includes a cross bar, and at least one saddle-shaped, hollow ballast-receiving member that straddles the cross bar and rests on the ground. When filled with ballast, the ballast-receiving members serve to stabilize the storage station relative to the ground and enable the storage station to resist movement due to environmental winds or collision. The ballast-receiving members include a first ballast-receiving portion and a second ballast-receiving portion, and the ballast member straddles the cross bar such that the first ballast-receiving portion resides on an interior-facing side of the cross bar and the second ballast-receiving portion resides on an exterior-facing side of the cross bar. |
| 主权项 |
1. A freestanding storage station comprising:
a first vertical support, a second vertical support spaced apart from the first vertical support, a first cross bar extending between the first vertical support and the second vertical support, a third vertical support, a fourth vertical support spaced apart from the third vertical support, a second cross bar extending between the third vertical support and the fourth vertical support, the second cross bar extending in a direction parallel to the first cross bar, a third cross bar extending between the second vertical support and the third vertical support, the third cross bar extending in a direction transverse to the first cross bar, and a hollow ballast member extending in a direction along the first cross bar and configured to rest on the first cross bar, the hollow ballast member including a first ballast-receiving portion and a second ballast-receiving portion, and a channel formed in an exterior surface of a wall of the hollow ballast member, the channel formed between the first ballast-receiving portion and the second ballast-receiving portion, the channel extending into the hollow ballast member in a direction substantially along the first vertical support, the channel configured to receive the first cross bar such that at least a portion of the hollow ballast member overlies the first cross bar, wherein the channel extends into the hollow ballast member in a substantially vertical direction. |
