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The present invention is a compressed gas cylinder carrier for retaining and transporting a plurality of such cylinders. The carrier includes a cage or framework having a base and top interconnected by a plurality of vertical bars. The base includes slide rails on which is slideably mounted a sled t

The present invention is a compressed gas cylinder carrier for retaining and transporting a plurality of such cylinders. The carrier includes a cage or framework having a base and top interconnected by a plurality of vertical bars. The base includes slide rails on which is slideably mounted a sled that can move between opposite ends of the carrier within the framework thereof. The sled has a base and a sidewall portion integral there with and extending upward there from. The sled base and sidewall form a cylinder retaining space. One carrier end has a hinged door for providing access to the interior of the carrier. A strap extends around the sled and is engaged through an adjustable buckle secured to the door. The top end of the carrier has a roof structure for forming a forklift receiving cavity. In operation, the present invention is sized to retain a plurality of compressed gas cylinders. The cylinders are placed and held within the interior of the framework wherein one cylinder rides on the sled being retained on the base thereof and the remaining cylinders rest on the slides of the framework base. Access to the frame interior is through the end door. When fully loaded, the sled is positioned at the end of the carrier opposite from the access door. The door can then be secured closed and the strap pulled through the buckle wherein the carrier is urged and held against the other cylinders, thereby pressing such cylinders against the secured access door. In this manner any space between the cylinders is taken up so that they are securely held together within the carrier framework.

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A carrier for securely and releasably holding a plurality of objects, comprising: a rigid frame, the frame having a top end and a bottom end and sidewalls secured thereto and extending there between, and the frame having an access end for receiving the objects and a second end opposite therefrom, an

A carrier for securely and releasably holding a plurality of objects, comprising: a rigid frame, the frame having a top end and a bottom end and sidewalls secured thereto and extending there between, and the frame having an access end for receiving the objects and a second end opposite therefrom, and the frame sidewalls and top, bottom, access and second ends defining a carrier interior space for retaining a plurality of the objects therein, sled means slideably secured to the bottom end for moving between the access and second ends within the interior space and for retaining and carrying one of the objects thereon, and the carrier access and second ends having a width slightly greater than a width of each object and the carrier sidewalls having a height slightly greater than a height of each object so that the objects are positioned in a single file arrangement within the carrier interior space, and the sidewalls and the bottom, top, access and second ends being structured to protectively retain within and prevent the objects from falling out of the carrier, and the access end having means for providing releasable opening and closing thereof so that when in an open position the second end permits placing into or removal there through of the objects into the carrier interior space and when in a closed position the access end not permitting such movement of the objects there through sled moving and retaining means for moving the sled means in a direction from the second end towards the access end and for retaining the sled in a plurality of positions there between so that when an object is carried on the sled the sled can be moved and retained against the access end or moved and retained against one or more further objects positioned between the access end and the sled when the means for providing releasable opening and closing of the access end is in the closed position, and the frame having means for facilitating the lifting and carrying of the career.