Patent ID: 7648035

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a plurality of glass sheets, the apparatus comprising: a substantially vertical portion and a substantially horizontal portion, wherein the substantially vertical portion is oriented approximately perpendicular to the substantially horizontal portion; wherein the substantially horizontal portion comprises at least one flexible support having an elongated channel defined therein, and wherein first and second flexible fingers are provided on opposite sides of the channel; a plurality of slits defined in the first and/or second flexible fingers adjacent the channel so that the slits have respective open end portions at the channel; a plurality of flexible lips or tabs defined between respective pairs of the slits; and wherein the elongated channel is defined along the length of a central portion of the flexible support, and the slits extend outwardly from the channel in a width direction of the flexible support so that an edge portion of a glass sheet is to be positioned so that the glass sheet fits in the channel and extends along a the length of a substantial portion of the flexible support and the slits extend outwardly away from the glass sheet.