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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1979
Felipe Maldonado, Miami, FL (US);
Equipment Company of America, Hialeah, FL (US);
Abstract
The rigid internestable storage rack accommodates the storage of goods, is adapted for transport by a fork lift truck and consists of a series of four vertically extending support posts, with two posts being located at the front of the rack and with two posts being located at the rear of the rack. The two posts at the rear are closer to one another than the posts at the front of the rack. Front and rear lower brace members are provided between the front posts and the rear posts respectively. A pair of opposed lower cross brace members are also provided, with each having one end abutting one of the rear support posts and being secured thereto. Each lower cross brace member extends toward the front of the rack where it perpendicularly intersects, abuts and is secured to the front lower brace member. An upper rear brace member is supported by the rear support posts and a pair of upper cross brace members extend from the ends of the upper brace member to the front rear posts, with the upper rear brace member and the pair of opposed upper cross brace members being positioned externally of the rear support posts. A socket is located on the top of each of the vertical support posts, with the top surfaces of the sockets lying in a horizontal plane and forming abutments which are adapted to be engaged by lower surface portions of the upper rear rear brace member and the pair of opposed upper cross brace members when internested with other similar racks in a vertically offset stacking posture.