Claims
- 1. In a method of containing sheets in a shipping rack of the type having a back wall secured to a base wherein the method includes the step of loading the sheets on the base tilted toward the back wall, the improvement comprising:
- providing a rigid member having a threaded shaft operatively connected to biasing means;
- securing the rigid member on the rack spaced from outermost loaded sheet;
- rotating the shaft to move the shaft into engagement with the outermost sheet; while
- compressing the biasing means by way of the shaft as the shaft is rotated.
- 2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sheets are automotive backlites.
- 3. The method as set forth in claim 1 further including the steps of:
- providing a rigid member for supporting the sheets tilted toward the back wall;
- mounting one end of a first strut to the back wall and the other end of the first strut to the rigid member;
- mounting one end of a second strut to the back wall and the other end of the second strut to the rigid member such that the configuration formed by the rigid member and the first and second struts is a frustrum of a triangle.
- 4. The method as set forth in claim 1 further including:
- providing a carriage with a plate;
- moving the carriage in a first direction to move the plate into engagement with the sheets;
- dampening the forces applied to the plate to move the plate and carriage in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and
- urging the carriage in the first direction to maintain the plate in contact with the sheets.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 639,727 filed on Dec. 11, 1975 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,010,848 which is a division of application Ser. No. 488,851 filed on July 15, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,963,122.
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Divisions (2)
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