Joseph D Cook

US Patent:

6550623, Apr 22, 2003

Filed:

Mar 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/800432

Inventors:

Joseph L. Cook - Utica MI
Jamie E. Noble - Windsor WI
Randall B. Vest - Portage WI

Assignee:

Wilbert, Inc. - Broadview IL

International Classification:

A47F 700

US Classification:

211 131, 211 411, 206448

Abstract:

A rack for the transport of thin wall parts such as automotive body panels stampings has a steel frame with two parallel channels positioned on either side of a planar floor member. Each channel has a series of parallel slots which receive tabs extending downwardly from parallel plastic leaves. The leaves are restricted from removal from the rack by rods which extend through the frame beneath the channels and through rod openings in the tabs. The plastic leaves are of two types having side structures which do not nest. Because the leaves are not hinged to the floor member, they will stay in either position due to gravity. The non-nesting leaf side structures permit a plurality of leaves to be flipped from one position to the other simultaneously.

US Patent:

20030209504, Nov 13, 2003

Filed:

Apr 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/419683

Inventors:

Joseph Cook - Utica MI, US
Jamie Noble - Windsor WI, US
Randall Vest - Portage WI, US

International Classification:

A47F007/00

US Classification:

211/013100, 211/041100, 206/448000

Abstract:

A rack for the transport of thin wall parts such as automotive body panels stampings has a steel frame with two parallel channels positioned on either side of a planar floor member. Each channel has a series of parallel slots which receive tabs extending downwardly from parallel plastic leaves. The leaves are restricted from removal from the rack by rods which extend through the frame beneath the channels and through rod openings in the tabs. The plastic leaves are of two types having side structures which do not nest. Because the leaves are not hinged to the floor member, they will stay in either position due to gravity. The non-nesting leaf side structures permit a plurality of leaves to be flipped from one position to the other simultaneously.