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A modular storage system for cylindrical objects, such as rolled carpet mats, having an open frame in the form of a right parallelepiped comprised of a horizontal rectangular base, a horizontal rectangular top, and vertical standards connecting the corners of the base and top. Within the frame there

A modular storage system for cylindrical objects, such as rolled carpet mats, having an open frame in the form of a right parallelepiped comprised of a horizontal rectangular base, a horizontal rectangular top, and vertical standards connecting the corners of the base and top. Within the frame there are disposed a plurality of pairs of left and right face-to-face vertically extending abutting mirror image formed or shaped shells. Each mirror image shell is formed to define a plurality of alternating inwardly facing one-half storage cells separated by oppositely facing one-half storage cells of substantially identical shape and cross-section. Each abutting pair of face-to-face shells forms a composite unit and defines a vertical row of spaced apart horizontal storage cells. Each adjacent abutting composite unit defines a vertical row of similar horizontal storage cells in staggered relation to the first row. The composite units substantially fill the space within the open frame and are supported by the frame top and base. Although the storage cells are preferably of hexagonal cross-section they may alternatively be of square cross section arrayed either horizontally or diagonally.

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1. A modular storage system for cylindrical objects comprising:A) an open frame in the form of a right parallelepiped comprised of: 1. a horizontal rectangular base having spaced apart parallel front and rear beams connected at their ends by parallel spaced apart side beams, 2. a horizontal rectangu

1. A modular storage system for cylindrical objects comprising:A) an open frame in the form of a right parallelepiped comprised of: 1. a horizontal rectangular base having spaced apart parallel front and rear beams connected at their ends by parallel spaced apart side beams, 2. a horizontal rectangular top having spaced apart parallel front and rear beams connected at their ends by parallel spaced apart side beams, and 3. vertical standards connecting the corners of said base and said top, said vertical standards having inside edges, B) a plurality of pairs of left and right face-to-face vertically extending abutting mirror image shaped shells within the frame, each formed to define a plurality of alternating inwardly facing horizontally extending one-half storage cells separated by oppositely outwardly facing one-half storage cells of substantially identical size and cross-section, whereby each abutting pair of face-to-face shells forms a composite unit and defines a vertical row of horizontal storage cells and each adjacent abutting composite unit defines a vertical row of similar horizontal storage cells in staggered relation to said first row, C) a plurality of parallel spaced apart horizontal supports, equal in number to said composite shell units, secured to the frame top for engagement with the top ends of each pair of shells, and D) horizontally extending lateral supports secured to the inside edges of said vertical standards of said frame, said lateral supports corresponding in cross-section to the outwardly facing one-half storage cells.