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US 7,077,269 B2Granted
Carrier for transporting a cylindrical tank in a horizontal orientation
OwnerRobert T. Kissellinventor
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Abstract
A holder or carrier for safely transporting and/or storing cylindrical tanks or objects in a horizonal orientation includes spaced apart, parallel, and inwardly and downwardly converging first and second interior walls, for retaining exterior sidewall portions of a cylindrical tank therebetween.
Claims9
A holder for safely transporting and storing cylindrical objects comprises:
- an inwardly sloped first interior wall portion;
- an inwardly sloped second interior wall portion;
- said first and second interior wall portions each being downwardly converging toward the other, and rigidly held spaced apart a distance sufficient to securely hold therebetween portions of the exterior sidewall of a cylindrical object, thereby retaining the object in a horizontal orientation;
- an outwardly sloped downwardly diverging first exterior wall portion having a top edge rigidly secured to a top edge of said first interior wall portion;
- an outwardly sloped downwardly diverging second exterior wall portion having a top edge rigidly secured to a top edge of said second interior wall portion;
- first and second bottom portions, said first bottom portion having an innermost longitudinal edge rigidly attached to a lowermost longitudinal edge of said first interior wall portion, said second bottom portion having an innermost longitudinal edge rigidly attached to a lowermost longitudinal edge of said second interior wall portion;
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- attachment means for adjustably securing said first and second bottom portions together in an overlapping manner for obtaining a desired distance between said first and second interior wall portions.
5 more elements
The holder of 1, wherein said second interior wall, exterior wall, and bottom portions are made from a single piece of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.