Patent ID: 6983704

Claim:
A cargo rack comprising: a) a frame having a front, a rear, and upper and lower end portions; b) a plurality of load modules that are supported with the frame during use; c) the lower end portion having a perimeter beam base with a floor providing multiple load holding positions, each configured to hold a separate one of the load module; d) the frame including a plurality of side walls that attach to and extend upwardly from the perimeter beam base and including at least left and right side walls, the frame having four corners with a corner column at each corner; e) intermediate columns at the front and rear portions of the frame that are each positioned in between two corner columns; f) a plurality of gates that are movably mounted to the frame, including a pair of gates at the front and a pair of gates at the rear of the frame, each gate being movably between open and closed positions, each gate spanning in a horizontal direction from a corner column to an intermediate column; and g) the frame having positioning beams that segment the raised floor into a plurality of load holding positions having multiple positioning beams that laterally hold a load module in position once a load module is placed in a selected position of the raised floor.