US 4,199,070 AGranted

Modular rack

OwnerRobert O. Magnussen, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

A modular component of a rack for storing articles comprises: (a) a longitudinally elongated body having opposite sides, a longitudinally elongated boundary, longitudinally spaced segmented boundaries laterally spaced from the longitudinally elongated boundary, and longitudinally spaced laterally extending boundaries at longitudinally opposite ends of the body, (b) the body having tongue and groove connections at certain of the boundaries, the connections defining guide shoulders extending widthwise between said opposite sides for guided connection with like tongue and groove connections on a like modular component, (c) and the body defining through openings extending widthwise between said sides, those openings sized to receive said articles which are elongated in said widthwise direction, the through openings being longitudinally spaced between the laterally extending boundaries, the openings located generally between the segmented boundaries, and the openings having longitudinally and laterally extending sides.

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A modular component of a rack for storing articles comprising

(a) a longitudinally elongated body having opposite sides, a longitudinally elongated boundary, longitudinally spaced segmented boundaries laterally spaced from said longitudinally elongated boundary, and longitudinally spaced laterally extending boundaries at longitudinally opposite ends of the body,
(b) the body having tongue and groove connections at certain of said boundaries, said connections defining guide shoulders extending widthwise between said opposite sides for guided connection with like tongue and groove connections on a like modular component,
(c) and said body defining two through openings extending widthwise between said sides, said openings sized to receive said articles which are elongated in said widthwise direction, said through openings being longitudinally spaced between said laterally extending boundaries, and said openings located generally between said segmented boundaries, each of said openings having a longitudinally elongated side and two laterally elongated sides, the longitudinally elongated side of the opening being about twice as long as each laterally elongated side of the opening,
(d) said tongue and groove connections defining T-shaped tongues projecting outwardly from selected boundaries, and T-shaped grooves sunk in selected boundaries,
(e) said tongues and grooves occuring in alternation sequentially along and about said boundaries,
(f) four of said connections being spaced along said longitudinally elongated boundary, another four of said connections being spaced along said segmented boundaries with two of the other four connections located at the segmented boundary located between said openings, and wherein one of said connections is located at each of the boundaries at opposite ends of the body,
(g) whereby six of said bodies may be interconnected via tongues and grooves to form six rectangular through openings, four of the bodies extending longitudinally horizontally, and two of the bodies extending longitudinally vertically.

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A rack for storing articles, the rack constituted of six like modular components, each component comprising

(a) a longitudinally elongated body having opposite sides, a longitudinally elongated boundary, longitudinally spaced segmented boundaries laterally spaced from said longitudinally elongated boundary, and longitudinally spaced laterally extending boundaries at longitudinally opposite ends of the body,
(b) the body having tongue and groove connections at certain of said boundaries, said connections defining guide shoulders extending widthwise between said opposite sides for guided connection with like tongue and groove connections on a like modular component,
(c) and said body defining two through openings extending widthwise between said sides, said openings sized to receive said articles which are elongated in said widthwise direction, said through openings being longitudinally spaced between said laterally extending boundaries, and said openings located generally between said segmented boundaries, each of said openings having a longitudinally elongated side and two laterally elongated sides, the longitudinally elongated side of the opening being about twice as long as each laterally elongated side of the opening,
(d) said tongue and groove connections defining T-shaped tongues projecting outwardly from selected boundaries, and T-shaped grooves sunk in selected boundaries,
(e) said tongues and grooves occuring in alternation sequentially along and about said boundaries,
(f) four of said connections being spaced along said longitudinally elongated boundary, another four of said connections being spaced along said segmented boundaries with two of the other four connections located at the segmented boundary located between said openings, and wherein one of said connections is located at each of the boundaries at opposite ends of the body,
(g) six of said bodies being interconnected to form six rectangular openings, four of the bodies extending longitudinally horizontally and two of the bodies extending longitudinally vertically.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.