Abstract: Air inflated covers for protecting merchandise, including glass, lumber and other building materials, during transportation on carriers such as open railroad cars and trucks; with means for connecting sections of the covers together and for anchoring the covers to the carrier.

Abstract: A shipping rack for transporting groups of flat sheets of frangible material, such as glass, on their edges and having at least two longitudinally movable A-frame sections interconnected by two adjustable diagonally disposed cross braces or struts wherein each A-frame section has an elongated transverse horizontal base which has a pair of inwardly and downwardly inclined surfaces extending from the ends thereof and a narrow upright triangular framework mounted at the center of the base which provides a pair of oppositely facing inclined L-shaped supporting surfaces for supporting the groups of sheets on their edges. The opposing faces of the A-frame sections are each provided with a pair of offset, vertically spaced pivot pin connections for attachment of the ends of the cross struts.