Patent ID: 9022234
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A rack for holding a plurality of containers, the rack comprising: a first module comprising: a second module comprising: the first module further adapted to be removably attached to the second module by the first slide dovetail and the fourth slide dovetail on the first side of the first module interfittingly mating and attaching to the first slide dovetail complementary cutout and the fourth slide dovetail complementary cutout on the first side of the second module; the first module further adapted to be removably attached to the second module by the second slide dovetail and third slide dovetail on the first side of the first module interfittingly mating and attaching to the second slide dovetail complementary cutout and the third slide dovetail complimentary cutout on the first side of the second module, wherein attachment of the first module to the second module is accomplished by rotating one of the first or second modules with respect to the other of the first or second modules in a direction about an axis; the first module and second module each comprising at least one receptacle on a second side of each module, the second side of each module adjacent to the first side of each module, the at least one receptacle on the second side of each module shaped to receive a container; the first module and second module each comprising at least one receptacle on a third side of each module, the third side of each module opposite of the second side of each module and adjacent to the first side of each module, the at least one receptacle on the third side of each module shaped to receive a container, the at least one receptacle on the second side of each module shaped to receive a different sized container than the at least one receptacle on the third side of each module; the first module and second module further comprising a plurality of receptacles on the second side of each module, the plurality of receptacles including a first receptacle and a second receptacle, the first receptacle shaped to receive a different-sized container than the second receptacle; a protuberance extending from the surface of the third and fourth slide dovetail complementary cutouts on the first side of the second module, the protuberance adapted to improve attachment of the third and fourth slide dovetail complementary cutouts to the fourth slide dovetail on the first side of the first module; and a respective protuberance extending from the surface of the first slide dovetail complementary cutout and the second slide dovetail complementary cutout.