Storage rack with easily installable retainer loops
View Patent ↗A storage rack for small articles including an elongated carrier having a bottom wall, side and end walls and an open top. An elongated support bar holder, having a base and upstanding end walls, is dimensioned to be fitted in and be received in the elongated carrier. An elongated support bar extends between the end walls of the support bar holder and is spaced from the base of the support bar holder. The elongated support bar has a transverse cross-section which is non-circular in shape. A number of retainer loops are mounted side by side on the elongated support bar. Each retainer loop is formed of a strip of a tough, resilient, abrasion-resistant resin and has a bight portion and two legs. A passage is formed in each leg near its distal end for mounting the retainer loops on the elongated support bar. Each passage has a shape similar to but slightly larger than the non-circular transverse cross-section of the elongated support bar. One of the end walls of the support bar holder is hingedly connected to the base for movement towards and away from the support bar. A tenon and mortise joint are formed to connect the hingedly connected end wall to the elongated support bar.
1. A storage rack for small articles, including:
an elongated carrier having a bottom wall, side and end walls and an open top,
an elongated support bar holder having a base and upstanding end walls with said support bar holder dimensioned to be received in said elongated carrier,
an elongated support bar extending between said upstanding end walls of said support bar holder and spaced from said base of said support bar holder,
said elongated support bar having a transverse cross-section which is non-circular and;
a multiplicity of retainer loops mounted side by side on said elongated support bar,
each retainer loop formed of a strip of a tough, resilient, abrasion-resistant resin and having a bight portion and two legs,
a passage formed in each leg near its distal end for mounting said retainer loop on said elongated support bar,
each passage having a shape similar to but larger than said non-circular transverse cross-section of said elongated support bar,
one of said end walls of said support bar holder hingedly connected to said base for movement towards and away from said elongated support bar, and
means for supporting formed on said hingedly connected end wall and said elongated support bar to support said elongated support bar on and connected to said hingedly connected end wall.
2. The storage rack of claim 1 in which said means to support said elongated support bar on and connected to said hingedly connected end wall includes a rib and slot joint.
3. The storage rack of claim 1 in which a ledge is formed on each end wall of said carrier and a recess adapted to receive said ledges formed on each end wall of said support bar holder to support said support bar holder in said carrier.