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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiro Iwamoto, Nagakute, JP;
Yuta Itozawa, Nagoya, JP;
Hirotaka Komura, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaro Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakamoto, Nisshin, JP;
Junya Ota, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A rack includes: a casing; M pairs of supports that are provided inside the casing so as to extend in a depth direction and arrayed at regular intervals in an up-down direction; and a lock mechanism that locks returnable containers each housed while being supported so as to be slidable along one pair of supports. The casing of the rack is divided into N rows by (N−1) partition plates, with the M pairs of supports provided in each row, to be able to house a maximum of (M×N) returnable containers. The lock mechanism is provided in each of the (N−1) partition plates so as to extend through the partition plate and correspond to each tier, and simultaneously locks two returnable containers that are housed adjacent to each other on one side and the other side of the partition plate.