Patents Assigned to Straits Steel & Wire Co.
  • Patent number: 4560073
    Abstract: A rack having a base which base includes a pair of elongated side rails and a plurality of cross members rigidly secured thereto at equally spaced intervals. A pair of spaced anchor rails are secured to the tops of said cross members which anchor rails are parallel to and spaced from said side rails. A plurality of upstanding article supports each having a pair of legs of a length greater than the spacing between the cross members are seated on the cross members and spaced apart substantially the same distance as said anchor rails. The support members have hook means on the legs extending beneath said anchor rails for holding the article supports against vertical and pivotal movement relative to the base and detent means on one of the hook means detachably clamps one of said anchor rails between it and the leg to which it is attached for holding the article support against lateral movement relative to said base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Straits Steel & Wire Co.
    Inventor: Clarence J. King
  • Patent number: 4140256
    Abstract: A tool caddy for the storage of hand tools, miscellaneous small articles and small parts includes an elongated horizontal front wire stretcher, a pair of wire side members each joined to an end of the front wire stretcher and extending downwardly therefrom. At least one storage bin is supported by the side members. A rectangular mesh including a plurality of longitudinal and tranverse strands is supported by the front wire stretcher and the side members. The rectangular mesh defines a plurality of openings dimensioned to support a wide variety of hand tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Straits Steel & Wire Co.
    Inventor: Clarence J. King
  • Patent number: 3939980
    Abstract: A stackable-nestable container is disclosed having a rim defining the top thereof. The rim along each side is recessed with the recesses terminating in upstanding shoulders adjacent each end. The rim across each end of the container is recessed below the bottom of the recesses in the sides. The container has a pair of legs, one at each end. The height of the legs is substantially equal to the difference in depth between the side and end recesses whereby, when the containers are telescopically nested, an access opening extends between containers for receiving the tines of a forklift as a result of the legs of the upper of two containers resting on the bottom of the container beneath. The lengthwise spacing between the legs equals the width of the container at the top rim and the length of the recesses in the sides of the rim equals the lateral spacing of the legs to permit interlocked stacking when alternate containers are rotated 90.degree. with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Straits Steel & Wire Co.
    Inventor: Clarence J. King
  • Patent number: 3939981
    Abstract: A container of wire construction for transport and storage of articles is disclosed. The container has top and bottom rims and a wire grid forming the bottom. Wires also form side structures. The wires forming the sides are welded to the inner face of the top rim and the outer face of the bottom rim providing the container with only slightly inclined end and side walls. The wires forming the end and side walls are inclined toward one side or end, respectively, whereby the containers can be nested with minimal vertical offset. The ends of the rims are provided with spaced pairs of inwardly extending loops which permit the containers to be stacked in interlocking relationship without vertical telescoping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Straits Steel & Wire Co.
    Inventor: Clarence J. King