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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1979
George R Pipes, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A load support and shuttle combination. The load support (20) is in the form of a central beam (24) disposed fore and aft in a storage bay (22) on top of which are mounted a plurality of spaced apart V-shaped load support members (26), the outer ends of which are bent downward to a substantially horizontal position. The shuttle includes a pair of space apart rails (46) which straddle the beam (24). A plurality of spaced load supporting finger members (48) extend inwardly and downwardly from the rails and are sized and shaped such that they fit in the spaces between the V-shaped load support members. A load resting on the load support member can be transferred to the shuttle by inserting the load supporting finger members into a storage bay beneath the load support members and then lifting the shuttle to move the finger members through the spaces between the load support members. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a specific form of load support is provided comprising fabricated members (60) which interfit to define the V-shaped load supporting members.