Portable rack for building materials and method of using same
OwnerDonald F. Swansoninventor
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Abstract
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials. The rack comprises a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top, a bottom, and a pair of channels extending between the proximal side and the distal side, the channels being designed to receive the forks of a forklift, and a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal side and projecting upwardly from the base. The process for using the rack comprises placing the building materials onto the base of the rack using the forklift, moving the building materials toward the elongated members until the building materials abut at least one of the elongated members, and pulling the forks out from under the building materials.
Claims30
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials comprising:
- a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top, a bottom, and means for lifting the rack;
- a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal side and projecting upwardly from the base;
- wherein the base comprises a proximal beam, a distal beam parallel to the proximal beam, and a plurality of crossbars extending between the proximal and distal beams and being perpendicular thereto;
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- a strapping guide attached to the proximal and distal beams and abutting the crossbars to create an open channel through which straps unsecured to the rack are fed.
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials, comprising:
- a base having a proximal beam, a distal beam parallel to the proximal beam, a plurality of crossbars extending between the proximal and distal beams and being normal thereto, and a pair of channels extending between the proximal and distal beams;
- a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal beam and projecting upwardly from the base;
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- a strapping guide abutting the crossbars to create a channel through which straps unsecured to the rack are fed.
A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials, comprising:
- a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top and a bottom, wherein the base comprises a pair of crossbars, each having a first end on the proximal side of the base and a second end on the distal side of the base, and a proximal beam and a distal beam extending between the crossbars and attached to each crossbar between the first and second ends thereof,;
- the base further has a pair of channels attached to and extending between the proximal beam and the distal beam;
- a pair of first posts attached to and projecting upwardly from the first ends of the crossbars;
- a pair of second posts attached to and projecting upwardly from the second ends of the crossbars;
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- a pair of support members connecting the second posts to the first posts, wherein the support members are positioned at a selected angle relative to the crossbars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.