Patent ID: 7762754

Claim:
A storage apparatus for storing a transported object from a transporting carriage, which travels along a track installed on or near a ceiling while gripping the transported object, comprising: a rack portion, on which the transported object is put from said transporting carriage at a predetermined position as for a horizontal direction; a support member having i) an upper portion whose upper end is supported by the track or ceiling, and ii) a lower portion whose upper end is detachably connected with the upper portion and whose lower end supports the rack portion, said support member selectively having one of first and second shapes in such a condition that the upper end is supported by the track or ceiling, said first shape allowing said transporting carriage to put the transported object onto the predetermined position of said rack portion at the predetermined position, said second shape allowing said rack portion to move away from said predetermined position in the first shape; and said transported object, wherein said transported object is a Front-Open Unified Pod (FOUP) having a plurality of positioning holes on a bottom surface thereof.