US3846947A - Combination warehouse-retail sales facility - Google Patents

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US3846947A
US3846947A US00417033A US41703373A US3846947A US 3846947 A US3846947 A US 3846947A US 00417033 A US00417033 A US 00417033A US 41703373 A US41703373 A US 41703373A US 3846947 A US3846947 A US 3846947A
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    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
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    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
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  • An improved combination furniture warehouse retail sales facility includes spaced parallel elongate retail showroom enclosures supported above the floor of the facility by spaced warehouse rack structures. Furniture-handling equipment operates on the floor'of the structure in the warehouse access aisles between the storage racks. A mezzanine provides for customer access to the showroom enclosures. The mezzanine conmeets the entrances to the enclosures with a customer entrance door. Physical safety of the customer is assured by physically segregating them on the mezzanine floor spaced above the main floor on which the furniture-handling equipment operates.
  • the invention relates to a warehouse with integral warehouse-showroom facilities.
  • the invention relates to a building construction specially adapted for warehouse storage and retail sale of furniture, household appliances and related items.
  • the invention relates to an integrated building facility to which merchandise is delivered by rail or truck directly from the manufacturer where it is stored in specially constructed warehouse areas, displayed for sale in specially constructed retail showroom areas, sold to retail customers, and delivered directly to the customer or loaded into vans for delivery to thecustomers residences.
  • the invention concerns a building facility of the type described which occupies less land than conventional retail furniture stores and associated warehouse facilities and which can be more rapidly and economically erected, using less highly skilled labor.
  • Another important object of the invention is to provide such improved combination warehouse retail sales facility in which the safety aspects of the operation of the facility are vastly improved by the physical segregation of potential customers and furniturehandling equipment.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved facility of the type described above which makes it possible to utilize a reduced number of stacker cranes.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a safer facility of the type described above which permits the use of conventionally constructed stacker cranes rather than the more expensive specially constructed cranes described in my said co-pending application.
  • Still another and further important object of the invention is the provision of an improved combination warehouse retail sales facility having the foregoing advantages in which the desired visual impact on the prospective retail customer is not substantially reduced or in which the visual impression is even enhanced while maintaining the physical segregation of the customers and furniture-handling equipment.
  • FIG. 1 is a cutaway perspective view of a construction embodying the principles of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the lower floor of the building of FIG. 1 disclosing details of the furniture-receiving facilities and the aisles which provide access to the warehouse storage racks by the furniture-handling equipment;
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upper floor of the building of FIG. 1 showing further details of the retail showroom enclosures, the mezzanine providing access for the cus tomers between the entrance and the various showrooms;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the building of FIG. 1 taken along section line 4-4 thereof, showing further details of the warehouse rack structure, the retail display enclosures and other building facilities;
  • FIG. 5 is a prospective view of one of the rack struc- I tures of the building of FIG. 1 showing, in greater detail, the relationship of the rack structure, the showroom enclosure, the customer mezzanine and other building facilities.
  • the facility described in said co-pending application includes a plurality of elongate parallel warehouse rack structures spaced laterally to provide warehouse access aisles on the floor of the facility for movement of furniturehandling equipment.
  • Means are provided which define continuous elongate showroom areas on the floor of the facility enclosed within the lower portions of each of the warehouse rack structures.
  • a cross-aisle extends upwardly from the floor of the facility and at right angles to the warehouse rack structures, providing communication for prospective customers between the retail showroom areas and providing communication for furniture-handling equipment between the warehouse access aisles.
  • a customer entrance door is provided in an outer wall of the facility which communicates with the cross-aisle.
  • the improvement of the present invention provides for physical segregation of the customers and furniturehandling equipment to avoid the possibility of injury to the customers by the moving equipment.
  • the improvement comprises, in combination, side wall, ceiling and floor means carried in the warehouse rack structures defining continuous elongate retail showroom enclosures, the floors of which are spaced vertically above the floors of the warehouse access aisles. Means are provided which form a continuous mezzanine in the cross-aisle extending at right angles to the retail showroom enclosures and across the warehouse access aisles, providing communication between enclosures for prospective customers.
  • a plurality of vertically spaced warehouse storage floors are located below theenclosures, the warehouse storage spaces between the storage floors opening onto and being accessible from the warehouse access aisles and the cross-aisle.
  • Outer walls and roof means form a building enclosing the warehouse rack structures, the warehouse access aisles, the warehouse storage spaces and the cross-aisle. Means are provided defining a customer entrance door in one of the outer walls of the building, communicating with the mezzanine.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a building construction which constitutes the presently preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Prospective customers enter the building through customer entry doors opening onto a mezzanine 11 spaced above the main floor 12 of the building.
  • the mezzanine 11 communicates with spaced parallel showroom enclosures 13 in which furniture is displayed for sale, preferably in room-like settings.
  • the spaced parallel showrooms 13 are integrally formed in and supported by a plurality of spaced parallel warehouse rack structures 14.
  • warehouse access aisles 15 are provided between the rack structures 14 for movement of furniture-handling equipment such as stacker cranes, etc., supported on the main floor 12.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the lower floor.
  • the warehouse rack'units generally indicated by reference character 22, are positioned in spaced parallel arrangement supported on the main floor with main warehouse access aisles 15 therebetween.
  • warehouse access sub-aisles 15b are provided in the areas directly below the showroom enclosures. Furniture is removed from the railroad cars 16a entering the side of the building on a spur 16 and moved by conventional furniture-handling equipment via the main warehouse access aisles l5 and the sub-aisles 15b to storage in the rack structures 22.
  • thespecific items are removed via the aisles 15 and 15b by the same handling equipment either to a truck shipping dock 18b or to a customer pickup dock 19.
  • customers can descend from the mezzanine via the stair 23 to a customer waiting room 24 to await delivery of their purchases to the customer pickup clock 19.
  • the mezzanine level of the building of FIG. 1 is depicted in greater detail on the mezzanine plan view of FIG. 3.
  • the customer can directly observe the warehouse activity including the unloading of the rail cars 16a, the movement of the incoming merchandise to the warehouse racks 34 and the removal of the furniture from the racks 34 after it is purchased for movement to the loading docks 18b and 19 (FIG. 2).
  • FIGS. 4-5 further illustrate the arrangement of the various elements of the building of FIG. 1 and such elements are identified by the same reference characters in the several views.
  • the customers While traversing the mezzanine areas 11 protected by railings 41, the customers have full view of the warehouse operations and access through the openings 32 into the retail showroom areas 13 in which the furniture is preferably displayed in room vignette settings.
  • the ends of the rack structures 14 are provided with suitable screens 42 to prevent merchandise on the shelves 34 from falling onto the customers. V
  • rack support structures are not deemed necessary since any suitable prior art technique can be employed in assembling the various support components, floors, shelves, etc.
  • vertical, horizontal and triangular support members and assembly hardware such as disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,233,374 to Micheels et al. are used.
  • the rack structures can be conveniently and quickly assembled by semi-skilled workmen.
  • a combination furniture warehouse retail sales facility specially adapted to physically inform prospective retail customers that they are purchasing merchandise from a warehouse facility, said facility having a plurality of elongate parallel warehouse rack structures spaced laterally to provide warehouse access aisles on the floor of said facility for movement of furniture-handling equipment,
  • a cross-aisle extending upwardly from the floor of said facility and at right angles to said warehouse rack structures, providing communication for prospective customers between said retail showroom areas and providing communication for furniturehandling equipment between said warehouse access aisles, and
  • said improvement comprising: a. side wall, ceiling and floor means carried in said warehouse rack structures defining continuous elongate retail showroom enclosures, the floors of which are spaced vertically above the floors of said warehouse access aisles;
  • outer walls and roof means forming a building enclosing said warehouse rack structures, said warehouse access aisles, said warehouse storage spaces and said cross-aisle;
  • e. means defining a customer entrance door in one of said outer walls communicating with said mezzanine.

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DK47674*#A DK47674A (US07413550-20080819-C00001.png) 1973-11-19 1974-01-29
GB432474A GB1424312A (en) 1973-11-19 1974-01-30 Warehouse with integral retail sales facilities
AU65020/74A AU470929B2 (en) 1973-11-19 1974-01-31 Combination warehouse-retail sales facility
DE2404883A DE2404883A1 (de) 1973-11-19 1974-02-01 Lagerhalle fuer einrichtungsgegenstaende mit fuer kunden zugaengliche ausstellungsraeume
NO740356A NO740356L (US07413550-20080819-C00001.png) 1973-11-19 1974-02-04
FR7403656A FR2251689B3 (US07413550-20080819-C00001.png) 1973-11-19 1974-02-04
JP1437374A JPS538138B2 (US07413550-20080819-C00001.png) 1973-11-19 1974-02-04
BR775/74A BR7400775A (pt) 1973-11-19 1974-02-04 Combinacao de deposito e loja para moveis para venda a varejo
NL7401702A NL7401702A (nl) 1973-11-19 1974-02-07 Combinatie van een magazijn en een verkoop- ruimte voor de detailhandel.
BE140825A BE810923A (fr) 1973-11-19 1974-02-12 Entrepot combine avec un systeme de vente au detail

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