Shipping unit
AssigneeChrysler Motors Corporation
InventorDonald A. Hoss
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Abstract
A shipping unit is provided which protects easily damaged articles of manufacture during transit. The shipping unit includes a rack which comprises one or more of tiers of vertically spaced apart shelves which are fabricated of a pliable stretchable cloth. The vertical distance between each pair of vertically adjacent shelves in the unloaded condition is slightly greater than the thickness of the article of manufacture to be loaded thereon. Articles of manufacture are loaded thereon whereby the upper shelves stretch into contact with an article of manufacture loaded onto a lower shelf to steady the load on the rack and prevent damage to the articles of manufacture.
Claims5
A shipping unit which protects easily damaged articles of manufacture during transit comprising a rack including a bottom wall having a width and a length, an upstanding end wall at each end of the length of the bottom wall, at least one tier of a plurality of vertically spaced apart shelves suspended between the end walls, said shelves being accessible along the length of the rack for loading and unloading articles of manufacture transversely of the rack, said shelves being fabricated of a pliable stretchable cloth, the vertical distance between each pair of vertically adjacent shelves being slightly greater in the unloaded condition than the thickness of the article of manufacture to be loaded thereon, articles of manufacture loaded onto at least two vertically adjacent shelves, the superjacent shelve being stretched by the article of manufacture loaded thereon into contact with the article of manufacture loaded onto the subjacent shelve.
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