Patent ID: 8826832

Claim:
A cargo rack comprising: a) a frame having a front, a rear, and upper and lower end portions; b) the lower end portion of the frame having a perimeter beam base with a floor providing multiple load holding positions, each configured to hold a separate one of the load module; c) a plurality of load modules that are supported with the frame during use; 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) at least one intermediate column positioned in between two corner columns; f) the upper end portion of each side wall having an upper beam that connects the upper end of each corner column to each intermediate column; g) 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 h) multiple reinforcements spanning between corner columns and intermediate columns on side walls that do not have gates.