Patent ID: 8807863

Claim:
Collapsible shipping rack securement devices securing adjacent shipping racks together when collapsed and stacked: each said securement device comprising a bracket member, upper and lower pin members coupled at said bracket member, and a tether having first and second opposite end portions with said first end portion of said tether being coupled to one of said upper and lower pin members and said second end portion being releasably attachable to another said securement device; wherein said second end portion of said tether of a first said securement device at a first collapsible shipping rack is releasably attachable to a second said securement device of a second collapsible shipping rack when the first shipping rack is adjacently stacked relative to the second collapsible shipping rack to securely and releasably couple the first collapsible shipping rack and the second collapsible shipping rack together in a stacked arrangement; and wherein on each said securement device either said upper pin member or said lower pin member is fixedly coupled at said bracket member to define a fixedly coupled pin member and the other of said upper pin member and said lower pin member is releasably coupled at said bracket member to define a releasable pin member with said first end portion of said tether being engaged by said fixedly coupled pin member to generally fixedly attach said first end portion of said tether to said bracket member, and wherein said second end portion of said tether of each said securement device is releasably engagable by said releasable pin member of another said securement device; and wherein on each said securement device said bracket member includes a through-hole for movably receiving said releasable pin member, with said releasable pin member being movable to releasably attach said tether from another said securement device.