Patent ID: 7028851

Claim:
A carrying device ( 1 ) for flat, box-shaped items ( 3 ), with the largest faces of these items ( 3 ) arranged in vertical planes, which carrying device ( 1 ) has a front for receiving the items ( 3 ), and a back, and comprises an upper retaining means ( 5 ) elongate in a crosswise direction ( 15 ) and a lower carrying means ( 6 ) elongate in the crosswise direction ( 15 ), placed under the upper retaining means ( 5 ) and extending in parallel and rigidly connected to the upper retaining means ( 5 ), said lower carrying means ( 6 ) having a substantially smooth and planar, essentially horizontal upper supporting surface; a first stop ( 11 , 14 , 37 a ) for the items ( 3 ) being placed adjacent to and behind an upper supporting surface of the carrying means and being elongate in the crosswise direction ( 15 ); and said retaining means ( 5 ) having on an underside thereof a rubber-elastic portion ( 32 ); a second stop ( 11 , 14 , 37 b ) for the items ( 3 ) being placed behind the rubber-elastic portion ( 32 ) of the retaining means and being elongate in the crosswise direction ( 15 ), said rubber-elastic portion ( 32 ) having a wedge shaped lip ( 13 ), with an edge projecting downward substantially towards the lower carrying means ( 6 ) thus facing towards and adapted to be engaged with an upper edge ( 40 ) of an item ( 3 ), when said item is inserted into the carrying device ( 1 ).