Patent ID: 6672546
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A safety cable and rack system, comprising:at least two tubular material-bay dividers for mounting to a backing brace or wall and providing for containment of a vertical stand of building materials on retail display; a safety-cable gate associated with each pair of the material-bay dividers and disposed across the front of them, and providing for spillage restraint of any said vertical stand of building materials inside; at least one cable latch included in the gate and mounted to the front of a corresponding one of the material-bay dividers and providing for a latch-on and latch-off connection; at least one cable included in the gate and able to connect to and disconnect from a corresponding cable latch; a beaded-end disposed on at least one end of the cable for capture by a respective cable latch; and a vertically sliding gate having a slot and a hole to respectively receive the cable and beaded-end, and loosely mounted to a corresponding cable latch such that it automatically captures and retains the beaded-end of the cable once passed through said hole.