Patent ID: 8403157
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A47B,B65G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack comprising: a plurality of rows of core sample boxes; a plurality of rectangular support frames; each frame being formed as a separate transportable unit; each frame including a plurality of spaced parallel tubular metal uprights; each frame including a plurality of parallel support tubular metal rails attached to the tubular metal uprights at spaced positions therealong and extending at right angles thereto such that the tubular metal uprights and the tubular metal rails lie in a common plane of the frame with the ends of the tubular metal rails welded to the sides of the tubular metal uprights; the rails supporting the rows of core sample boxes extending between the frames so that each row sits on respective ones of the rails of the frames; the frames being connected by top and bottom bridging members; the top bridging member comprising a top metal tube extending between a top of the tubular metal upright of one frame and a top of the tubular metal upright of a next adjacent frame; the top bridging member including a pair of insert members at right angles to the top metal tube each for sliding insertion into a top end of a respective one of the tubular metal uprights; the bottom bridging member comprising a bottom metal tube extending between a bottom of the tubular metal upright of one frame and a bottom of the tubular metal upright of a next adjacent frame; the bottom bridging member including a pair of insert members at right angles to the bottom metal tube each for sliding insertion into a bottom end of a respective one of the tubular metal uprights.