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US 5,324,105 AGranted
Steering wheel storage device
AssigneeArlington Rack and Packaging Company
InventorMark R. Christensen
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Abstract
A storage device including a lid and a plurality of shelf members, pivotally mounted to a frame member. The lid, the base, and the plurality of shelf members form pairs of opposed cooperating rack assemblies. Each pair of cooperating rack assemblies is adapted to hold articles stored in the storage device in an offset nesting relationship until use.
Claims3
A storage rack for storing a plurality of steering wheels having rims, including:
- a) a generally rectangular frame open at a front and having a pair of opposed side members, a rear member, and a base member,
- b) a lid hingedly mounted to said frame proximate a top of the rear member and movable between an open position and a closed position, said lid in the closed position, being superimposed over the base member of said frame;
- c) a plurality of shelf members hingedly mounted to said frame between said lid and the base member in a parallel spaced relationship, each of said shelf members movable between a closed position superimposed over the base member, and an open position, said lid, said shelf members, and the base member forming opposed pairs of cooperating rack assemblies;
- d) article holding means spanning said lid, said shelf members, and the base member of said frame in a longitudinal direction to hold the steering wheels in an offset nesting relationship, said article holding means including dunnage members provided with a plurality of spaced apart notches for selective reception of a portion of a steering wheel rim, a plurality of offset spaced apart notches to engage portions of a steering wheel rim opposed to those received with the spaced apart notches;
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- e) means for securing the dunnage members of said article holding means to said lid and said shelf members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.