Patent ID: 6866463

Claim:
A component part container delivery rack system for use in manufacturing operations, comprising: a component part container; a dolly associated with and supporting the component part container, the dolly having a plurality of wheels for moveably supporting the dolly; a frame having a front end, a back end, and a center rail disposed between the front and back ends, the frame having at least two compartments that are open on at least one side that extend between the front and back ends, the frame being supported on a plurality of pivotal wheels; a plurality of rollers rotatably disposed on the front end, the back end, and the center rail, the plurality of rollers having at least one roller downwardly offset relative to the other rollers to lift the dolly as the dolly is inserted into one of the compartments; a locking mechanism adapted to lock the dolly into one of the compartments when the dolly is transported by the frame; wherein the dolly is configured to be removably received in one of the compartments such that as the plurality of wheels do not support the dolly when the dolly is received in the one of the compartments and the dolly is decoupled from the frame when removed from one of the compartments.