Two tier frame

A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries between pairs of said frame devices during seismic stress, comprising:

• a pair of vertical frame members having an inside face, a front face and an outside face;
• a top horizontal cross member having means for fixedly attaching said top cross member through said inside face and to said outside face of said vertical members;
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• a bottom horizontal cross member having means for fixedly attaching said bottom cross member to the lower terminal ends of said vertical members, said bottom cross member further including a top portion for spacing said vertical members;
• said bottom horizontal cross member being formed in a C shaped cross section having a bottom face extending the width of said top cross member, said bottom face having a slot and a notch proximate each terminal end, said vertical members each having tabs at the lower terminal edges of the inside and outside faces for engaging said slot and notch on said bottom face, said bottom cross member having a top face sized to engage said inside faces of said vertical frame members.

A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress comprising:

• a pair of vertical frame members having confronting generally parallel spaced flanges and a rear wall connecting the flanges;
• a top horizontal cross member having opposite ends engaging through openings in the inside of the inner flange of said vertical members;
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• means securing the horizontal cross member to the inner and outer faces of said vertical members;
• a second cross member vertically spaced from said first cross member having means for attaching to the lower terminal ends of said vertical members and including a top portion for spacing said vertical members;
• said first and second cross members having interengaging locking means.

A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries between pairs of said frame during seismic stress, comprising:

• a pair of vertical frame members having an inside face, a front face and an outside face;
• a top horizontal cross member having means for fixedly attaching said top cross member through said inside face and to said outside face of said vertical members;
• a bottom horizontal cross member having means for fixedly attaching said bottom cross member to the lower terminal ends of said vertical members, said bottom cross member further including a top portion for spacing said vertical members;
• said bottom cross member being of a predetermined cross section having a bottom face extending the width of said top cross member, said bottom face and vertical members having interengaging locking means and a top face sized to engage said inside faces of said vertical frame members.