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US 4,538,738 AGranted
Removable garment rack for transport of hanging garments
AssigneeSea-Land Corporation
InventorWillem H. P. Van Iperen
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Abstract
A removable garment rack for transportation of hanging garments in a movable enclosure in which a pair of spaced-apart guide rails have a horizontal longitudinally-extending ledge for supporting a plurality of transversely extending garment supporting rails which are releasably retained on the guide rails for supporting garments.
Claims11
A modular and stackable cargo container having a removable garment rack for transportation of hanging garments,
- (a) a modular and stackable cargo container having a reinforced floor and corner posts, at least one door, said walls and a roof to define an enclosed container,
- (b) a pair of inwardly extending longitudinal ledges adjacent the roof and extending inwardly from a pair of opposing side walls,
- (c) a pair of overhead guide rails extending between said corner posts for supporting said longitudinal ledges and said roof,
- (d) a plurality of removable and adjustable garment rails having first and second end sections, said rails being spaced apart and extending traversely across said container between said pair of inwardly extending ledges, each of said end sections having a slot therein for engaging the longitudinal ledge,
- (e) a releasable securing means mounted at each of said end sections to releasably secure said garment rails to said ledges,
- whereby said garment rails may be traversely and adjustably spaced along the longitudinal dimension of said container to maximize the number of hanging garments when transporting garments;
- and quickly and easily removed to allow the entire cross section of the container to be filled with bulk goods.
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A modular and stackable container having a removable garment rack for transportation of hanging garments, said container comprising
- (a) a modular and stackable container having a reinforced floor and corner posts, a pair of doors at one end thereof, and an opposing end wall, side walls and roof to form an enclosed container,
- (b) a pair of overhead guide rails extending between said corner posts for supporting said roof and side walls, said guide rails defining an inwardly extending longitudinal ledge adjacent to said roof on opposing side walls of the container,
- (c) a plurality of removable and adjustable garment rails having first and second end sections, said rails being spaced apart and extending traversely across said container between said pair of inwardly extending ledges, each of said end sections having a slot therein for engaging the longitudinal ledge,
- (d) a releasable securing means mounted in each of said end sections to releasably secure said garment rails to said ledgers,
- whereby said garment rails may be traversely and adjustably spaced along the longitudinal dimesion of said container to maximize the number of hanging garments when transporting garments;
- and quickly and easily removable to enable the entire cross section of the container to be used for the transport of bulk goods.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.