Indexing parts rack

An indexing parts rack for supporting a plurality of objects comprising:

• a shipping container having opposed planar walls;
• at least one elongated track having a longitudinal axis, said track mounted on at least one of said walls;
• at least one hanger assembly mounted on said track, said hanger assembly being movable along said track in a direction of said longitudinal axis and being rotatable about said longitudinal axis;
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• a stop mounted on said wall and positioned adjacent said track such that said hanger assembly is able to move along said track past said stop when said hanger assembly assumes a first radial position relative to said longitudinal axis in which no object is supported on said hanger assembly and said hanger assembly is prevented from moving past said stop when said hanger assembly assumes a second radial position relative to said longitudinal axis to engage said stop when an object is supported on said hanger assembly.

An indexing parts rack for hanging a plurality of objects in a container, the container having a pair of spaced apart side walls, said indexing parts rack comprising:

• at least one pair of continuous tubes each adapted to be attached to one of the side walls of the container, said tubes having an upper portion and a lower portion connected by a forward portion and a rear portion;
• at least one pair of hanger assemblies, each hanger assembly being movably disposed on an associated one of said tubes;
• at least one pair of hook members, each said hook member being attached to an associated one of said hanger assemblies;
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• at least one pair of stop members, each stop member adapted to be mounted in the container adjacent an associated one of said tubes;
• said hanger assemblies move from a vertical position to an inward position by the weight of an object that is attached to and hung from said pair of hook members when said hanger assemblies are on said upper portions of said tubes and said indexing parts rack retains the object by each of said hanger assemblies contacting said stop members,
• said hanger assemblies return to said vertical position and do not contact said stop members when the object is removed from said hook members, and
• said hanger assemblies are free to move to said lower portion of said tubes.