Merchandise carrying rack having shock absorbing coupling means

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A PORTABLE ELONGATED MERCHANDISE CARRYING RACK ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY ACROSS AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING STORAGE CHAMBER OF A TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND HAVING END PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO OPPOSED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS OF SAID CHAMBER, SAID END PORTIONS HAVING TRANSVERSELY SPACED UPRIGHT LOAD-SUSTAINING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SHIFTABLY SUPPORTED UPON A FLOOR OF SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING OUTWARDLY OPENING HORIZONTAL CHANNEL-SHAPED END BARS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN AND RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID UPRIGHT LOAD-SUSTAINING MEANS, BRACKETS SECURED TO SAID UPRIGHT LOAD-SUSTAINING MEANS AND TO THE UPPER SIDES OF SAID OUTWARDLY OPENING END BARS, UPPER TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING ELONGATED GUIDE MEMBERS FOR SAID RACK RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID UPRIGHT LOAD-SUSTAINING MEANS AND TO SAID BRACKETS, LOWER GUIDE MEMBERS FOR SAID RACK RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID UPRIGHT LOAD-SUSTAINING MEANS AND TO THE LOWER SIDES OF SAID OUTWARDLY OPENING END BARS, ADDITIONAL TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING HORIZONTAL BARS WITHIN AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID OUTWARDLY OPENING CHANNEL-SHAPED END BARS, SAID ADDITIONAL BARS BEING SEPARATE FROM SAID CHANNEL-SHAPED END BARS AND HAVING UPRIGHT TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING END PLATES SLIDABLY RECEIVING SAID UPPER AND LOWER GUIDE MEMBERS WHEREBY SAID RACK WHEN SUBJECTED TO SHIFTING MOVEMENT WILL BE GUIDED HORIZONTALLY LENGTHWISE OF SAID STORAGE CHAMBER, RIGID ANCHORING MEANS RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID ADDITIONAL BARS AND ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY INTERLOCKED WITH RIGID ANCHORAGE MEANS ON THE OPPOSED UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS OF SAID CHAMBER TO HOLD SAID ADDITIONAL BARS IN RELATIVELY FIXED POSITION, AND SHOCK ABSORBING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ADDITIONAL BARS AND TO SAID END BARS SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY THE ENDS THEREOF AND ADAPTED WHEN SAID RIGID ANCHORING MEANS ARE INTERLOCKED WITH THE RIGID ANCHORAGE MEANS AFORESAID TO YIELDINGLY RESTRAIN SAID RACK AGAINST HORIZONTAL SHIFTING MOVEMENT LENGTHWISE OF SAID STORAGE CHAMBER.