B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – G
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
G
B65G 1/10 (2006.01) B62D 65/00 (2006.01) B65G 1/02 (2006.01) B65G 1/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2255086
A rack for shipping articles such as automobile parts and a modular dunnage system therefor maintains the articles in a fixed, spaced relation. The dunnage pods may be molded to compliment the configuration of the article being shipped, to minimize opportunities for jostling or shifting during transport and maximize storage efficiency. The article rack of the invention is readily adaptable to supporting articles of a specific predetermined configuration in a stable, fixed position, and can be adapted to articles of a different configuration merely by changing the dunnage pods and/or mounting members as required to suit the particular article. In the preferred embodiment the dunnage pods are hingedly mounted to the rack and pivotable between a supporting position and a rest position in which the dunnage pods are retracted toward the side rails of the rack to allow greater clearance for the loading and unloading of articles from the rack. In the supporting position each dunnage pod supports the next higher dunnage pod in the column, thus transferring the weight of the stack of articles to the floor of the rack. A locking system comprises a cam-locked retaining bar which applies a uniform force across the top article in each stack, to retain the columns of pods in the supporting position.
Dimock Stratton Llp
Dingwall Scott T.
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