Invention Application
- Patent Title: APPARATUS FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS SUCH AS TRAYS
- Patent Title (中): 存储多个物体的设备,如托盘
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Application No.: US14373588Application Date: 2012-12-31
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Publication No.: US20150014264A1Publication Date: 2015-01-15
- Inventor: Michael Charles Linnell, SR. , Michael Charles Linnell, JR.
- Applicant: Michael Charles Linnell, SR. , Michael Charles Linnell, JR. , Linda Rose Linnell , Sharon Ann Manning
- Priority: GB1201135.9 20120124; GB1202948.4 20120221; GB1212605.8 20120716; GB1214223.8 20120809
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/053280 WO 20121231
- Main IPC: B62B3/00
- IPC: B62B3/00 ; B65D19/42 ; B65D33/00 ; B65D19/02 ; A47B57/10 ; B62B5/04 ; B62B3/02

Abstract:
Apparatus (10) comprises a base (12), a plurality of posts (14) attached to the base (12), and a platform (16) defining a surface (18) for supporting at least one mail tray. The platform (16) is coupled to the four posts (14) and is moveable therealong between a first position (20) and a second position (22) (shown in phantom lines) below the first position (20) when a first object (e.g. a full tray) is supported on the surface (18) of the platform (16). As other full trays are stacked on the apparatus (10), the platform (16) is displaced further from the first position (20) until eventually it reaches the base (12). When the full trays are unloaded from the apparatus (10), the platform (16) rises upwards, returning to the first position (20) when none remain on the surface (18). As the platform (16) rises, a space (32) between the platform (16) and the base (12) opens up and is a convenient place to store empty trays.
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