Collapsible container construction
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1. A container for supporting a plurality of similar items comprising a pair of spaced apart, parallel frame members;
- a plurality of shelf members secured to and spanning the space between said frame members, said shelf members being spaced from one another a distance sufficient to enable one of said items to be accommodated between adjacent shelf members; and
retaining means carried by each shelf member which overlies another shelf member and having at least one footed portion of such length as at least to span the space between adjacent shelf members, each of said retaining means being hinged to the associated shelf member for swinging movements between a first position in which the space between the associated shelf member and the adjacent shelf is clear and a second position in which said retaining means forms a barrier between the associated shelf member and the adjacent shelf member.
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Abstract
A support for tostadas comprises a framework having spaced, parallel, upright frame members spanned by vertically spaced shelves joined at corresponding ends to the frame members. The shelves have free edges provided with retainer flaps having footed portions at their opposite ends which are of such length as to bear against the lower shelf and form a barrier to a tostada'"'"'s sliding off such lower shelf.
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1. A container for supporting a plurality of similar items comprising a pair of spaced apart, parallel frame members;
- a plurality of shelf members secured to and spanning the space between said frame members, said shelf members being spaced from one another a distance sufficient to enable one of said items to be accommodated between adjacent shelf members; and
retaining means carried by each shelf member which overlies another shelf member and having at least one footed portion of such length as at least to span the space between adjacent shelf members, each of said retaining means being hinged to the associated shelf member for swinging movements between a first position in which the space between the associated shelf member and the adjacent shelf is clear and a second position in which said retaining means forms a barrier between the associated shelf member and the adjacent shelf member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a plurality of shelf members secured to and spanning the space between said frame members, said shelf members being spaced from one another a distance sufficient to enable one of said items to be accommodated between adjacent shelf members; and
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8. A container for supporting a plurality of similar items comprising a pair of spaced apart, parallel frame members;
- a plurality of shelf members joined to and spanning the space between said frame members, each of said shelf members having at least one free edge and said shelf members being spaced apart a distance sufficient to accommodate one of said items between each adjacent pair of shelf members; and
a retainer flap hinged to the free edge of each shelf member which overlies an adjacent shelf member and normally bearing against the adjacent shelf member inwardly of its free edge and forming a barrier to the space between the shelf member to which said retainer flap is hinged and the adjacent shelf member, said retainer flap being swingable to a position in which it confronts and engages the shelf member to which it is hinged, thereby providing access to the space between the latter shelf member and the adjacent shelf member. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
- a plurality of shelf members joined to and spanning the space between said frame members, each of said shelf members having at least one free edge and said shelf members being spaced apart a distance sufficient to accommodate one of said items between each adjacent pair of shelf members; and
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