Patent ID: 6435355
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A47B,A47F

Abstract:
A modular storage system for cylindrical objects comprising:A) an open frame in the form of a right parallelepiped comprised of: 1. a horizontal rectangular base having spaced apart parallel front and rear beams connected at their ends by parallel spaced apart side beams, 2. a horizontal rectangular top having spaced apart parallel front and rear beams connected at their ends by parallel spaced apart side beams, and 3. vertical standards connecting the corners of said base and said top, said vertical standards having inside edges, B) a plurality of pairs of left and right face-to-face vertically extending abutting mirror image shaped shells within the frame, each formed to define a plurality of alternating inwardly facing horizontally extending one-half storage cells separated by oppositely outwardly facing one-half storage cells of substantially identical size and cross-section, whereby each abutting pair of face-to-face shells forms a composite unit and defines a vertical row of horizontal storage cells and each adjacent abutting composite unit defines a vertical row of similar horizontal storage cells in staggered relation to said first row, C) a plurality of parallel spaced apart horizontal supports, equal in number to said composite shell units, secured to the frame top for engagement with the top ends of each pair of shells, and D) horizontally extending lateral supports secured to the inside edges of said vertical standards of said frame, said lateral supports corresponding in cross-section to the outwardly facing one-half storage cells.