Patent ID: 8308407

Claim:
A rack for transportation of pressurized gas bottles in a transportation vehicle comprising: a rack member for engaging and supporting a first plurality of the bottles in a row in upstanding orientation; the rack member having an upper bottle engagement member for rigidly engaging an upper part of each of the first plurality of bottles; the rack member having a lower bottle engagement member for rigidly engaging a lower part of each of the first plurality of bottles; the rack member having frame members interconnecting the upper and lower bottle engagement members such that the rack member forms a rigid structure for holding the bottles in rigid upright orientation; wherein each of the bottle engagement members forms a clamp for clamping around the plurality of bottles with the clamp having a first rigid member having a plurality of recesses each for partly surrounding a respective one of the bottles and a second rigid member having a plurality of recesses each for partly surrounding a respective one of the bottles facing the first rigid member, and a tensioning element for drawing the two rigid members together.