Portable rack for building materials and method of using same
OwnerDonald F. Swansoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a portable rack for assembling packages of building materials. The rack comprises a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top, a bottom, and a pair of channels extending between the proximal side and the distal side, the channels being designed to receive the forks of a forklift, and a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal side and projecting upwardly from the base. The process for using the rack comprises placing the building materials onto the base of the rack using the forklift, moving the building materials toward the elongated members until the building materials abut at least one of the elongated members, and pulling the forks out from under the building materials.
Claims45
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials comprising:
- a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top, a bottom, and means for lifting the rack with the forks of a forklift;
- and
- a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal side and projecting upwardly from the base.
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials, comprising:
- a base having a proximal beam, a distal beam parallel to the proximal beam, a plurality of crossbars extending between the proximal and distal beams and being normal thereto, and a pair of charnels extending between the proximal and distal beams for receiving forks of a forklift;
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- a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal beam and projecting upwardly from the base.
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials, comprising:
- a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top and a bottom, wherein the base comprises a pair of crossbars, each having a first end on the proximal side of the base and a second end on the distal side of the base, and a proximal beam and a distal beam extending between the crossbars and attached to each crossbar between the first and second ends thereof;
- a pair of first posts attached to and projecting upwardly from the first ends of the crossbars;
- a pair of second posts attached to and projecting upwardly from the second ends of the crossbars;
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- a pair of support members connecting the second posts to the first posts, wherein the support members are positioned at a selected angle relative to the crossbars.
A process for stacking and bundling building materials using a forklift having a pair of forks and a portable rack having a base and a plurality of elongated members attached to and projecting upwardly from a side thereof, the process comprising:
- placing the building materials onto the base of the rack using the forklift;
- moving the building materials toward the side of the base to which the elongated members are attached until the building materials abut at least one of the elongated members;
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- pulling the forks out from under the building materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.