Storage rack with internestable stacking attachments
US3945501A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D61/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed an internestable storage rack for accommodating storage of goods, the rack having internestable attachments, and consisting of a series of four vertically and rectangularly oriented support posts, front and rear lower brace members fixedly secured to an interconnecting opposed support post, a pair of opposed lower cross brace members secured to the front and rear lower brace members to form a rigid lower assembly, a rear upper brace member fixedly secured to opposed support posts, a pair of opposed upper side brace members secured to and interconnecting opposed and cross oriented ones of the support posts, the rear upper brace member being off-set and positioned externally of the corresponding and cross oriented support posts, nesting means positioned on top of each of the vertical support posts, mating nestable means for matingly nesting with the nesting means, at least one pair of nestable means mounted on and extending downwardly from the offset and externally positioned upper rear brace, and stabilizing means mounted on the opposed upper side brace thereby to stabilize the rack when internested with other similar racks in a vertically offset stacking posture.
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