Patent ID: 8905234

Claim:
A module for use in stacking thin plate panels, comprising: a supporting portion adapted to support a corner of a thin plate panel from below so that the module is, in combination with other modules, adapted to support the thin plate panel as a whole; a load transmitting portion, connected to the supporting portion on an outside thereof, for transmitting the weight of the thin plate panels supported by the supporting portion; and a positioning portion for positioning the thin plate panels in the horizontal direction, wherein the load transmitting portion includes a L-shaped load receiving surface formed on an upper portion of the module and a L-shaped load releasing surface formed on a lower portion of the module, and in a mode in which the L-shaped load releasing surface of an upper module is mounted on the L-shaped load receiving surface of a lower module, upon stacking the upper module on the lower module, the positioning portion is provided with at least one upper projecting portion that is provided inwardly from an inner edge of the L-shaped load receiving surface, and is formed on each side of an intersecting portion of said L-shaped load receiving surface, and at least one lower projecting portion located on each side of said L-shaped load releasing surface that is provided inwardly from an inner edge of said L-shaped load releasing surface so as to be offset from a corresponding upper projecting portion of the lower module, whereby said at least one upper projecting portion of the lower module and said at least one lower projecting portion of the upper module cooperate with each other to limit a relative movement of the upper module to the lower module in both inward and outward directions.