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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. 13, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald A Hoss, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Motors Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211195 ; 108 541 ; 211175 ;
Abstract
A shipping rack is provided which is convertible to a first rack length for snug lengthwise loading across the interior width of a semi-trailer and convertible to a second rack length for snug loading lengthwise across the interior width of a railroad boxcar. This is accomplished by providing pivotable extensions on one end wall of the rack which may be pivoted into the end wall to form a short rack length and out of the end wall to form a longer rack length.