The UPRIGHT Vertical Rack stores full 4' × 8' and 5' × 10' sheets on end instead of flat, so the floor space you were losing to material storage goes back to production.
I own Team Fitz Graphics, a sign company in Cincinnati. Every day we had 4×8 and 5×10 sheets of PVC, acrylic, and aluminum leaned up against every open wall — warping, getting scratched, eating floor space we needed for production.
So I built a rack to hold them upright and out of the way. It worked well enough in our own shop that I patented the design and started building it for other shops with the same problem.
| 01 | PVC sheet |
| 02 | Aluminum sheet |
| 03 | Aluminum composite (ACM) |
| 04 | Acrylic |
| 05 | Polycarbonate |
| 06 | Glass |
| 07 | Cardboard |
| 08 | Foam board |
| 09 | Wood / plywood |
Flat stacks force you to keep an aisle clear on every side just to pull one sheet. Vertical storage turns that same footprint into a single narrow slot.
Storing sheets on end instead of flat cuts the footprint of your material storage by roughly a third — space that goes back to production or staging.
Built for 4' × 8' sheets or 5' × 10' sheets, so it fits standard PVC, acrylic, aluminum, and glass without custom sizing.
Sheets slide into individual slots and lean at a fixed, stable angle — no wrestling a full sheet off a flat stack underneath three others.
The whole rack bolts together in 45 minutes or less with a single included L-spanner — no welding, no special hardware.
Floor-anchor holes are built into the base so a fully loaded rack can be secured to meet OSHA requirements.
Each rack is rated to hold up to 800 kg of stacked sheet material, fully anchored.
Sheets sit raised at an angle instead of flat on the floor, so you lift from a natural position instead of dragging a sheet out from under a stack first.
The design is protected under US Design Patent D1,110,081 S — this is the original, not a shop-made copy.
| Panel sizes | 4' × 8' or 5' × 10' |
| Assembled, 4×8 | 48.2"W × 48.2"D × 91.3"H |
| Assembled, 5×10 | 60.3"W × 49.0"D × 116.8"H |
| Weight capacity | Up to 800 kg (≈1,760 lb) |
| Frame material | Welded steel, powder-coated |
| Assembly time | 45 min or less, one tool |
| Anchoring | Floor-anchor holes, OSHA-ready |
| Lead time | Manufactured & shipped in 6 weeks or less |
| Design protection | US Patent D1,110,081 S |
| Starting price | $850 (4×8) + freight — 5×10 on request |
The UPRIGHT Vertical Rack's design is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Team Fitz Graphics holds the exclusive right to make, use, and sell this design in the United States.
Whether you need one rack or you're a distributor thinking about volume, you're talking straight to the inventor — not a call center.