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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1975
David L Farhat, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Richard S Reihm, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Container Systems Corporation, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting and storing frangible material, such as glass plates and the like and including a storage console including two generally vertically disposed frames spaced longitudinally away from one another, each of the frames defining a pair of vertically spaced channel-like guideways, with each of the guideways being provided with a compressible deformable element defining a series of plate edge receiving recesses, a pair of elongated upright stanchion members movable to and from a position causing the compressible elements to compressingly engage the edges of a series of plates received within the recesses, whereby to support, constrain and suspend the plates in a unified mass, and a pallet-like base and optional shroud for enclosing the constrained plates and providing for convenient transport and storage thereof.