Patent ID: 6637607
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: A47B,B65G

Abstract:
A rack for supporting cask-type containers presenting respective longitudinal axes, the rack comprising:a plurality of modular structures, wherein each of said plurality of modular structures has a back vertical mean plane and a substantially parallel front vertical mean plane, and each of said plurality of modular structures further comprising a plurality of top fixing points at said back vertical mean plane and a plurality of top fixing points at said front vertical mean plane, a plurality of bottom fixing points at said back vertical mean plane and a plurality of bottom fixing points at said front vertical mean plane, and support means close to said plurality of bottom fixing points or said front and back vertical mean planes, wherein said support means lying substantially in a horizontal plane so as to support a container having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to said front and back vertical mean planes; and wherein said plurality of front vertical mean plane bottom fixing points of one of said plurality of modular structures being secured to said front vertical mean plane top fixing points of another one of said plurality of modular structures, and back vertical mean plane bottom fixing points of one of said plurality of modular structures being secured to back vertical mean plane top fixing points of another one of said plurality of modular structures, thereby interconnecting the modular structures to create said rack.