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A stackable, folding transport rack generally including a base, a plurality of supports, at least one foldable A-frame hingedly secured to the base and an optional securing assembly. The base of the transport rack is supported by a plurality of legs bearing supports which are adapted to support the

A stackable, folding transport rack generally including a base, a plurality of supports, at least one foldable A-frame hingedly secured to the base and an optional securing assembly. The base of the transport rack is supported by a plurality of legs bearing supports which are adapted to support the lower edges of objects, such as glass sheets or other sheet materials to be carried by the transport rack. The supports are configured to be as low as possible to the resting surface of the transport rack so as to provide for a minimal lift height for loading and unloading. The low arrangement of the supports also maximizes the size of glass sheets that can be carried and maintains the lowest possible center of gravity. The top of the sheet supports may be cushioned with appropriate resilient material.

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1. A transport rack for storing and transporting objects comprising:a horizontal base;one or more supports having a portion extending outwardly from the base; andone or more A-frame members joined to said base, said A-frame members having hingedly joined upper and lower portions and wherein one or m

1. A transport rack for storing and transporting objects comprising:a horizontal base;one or more supports having a portion extending outwardly from the base; andone or more A-frame members joined to said base, said A-frame members having hingedly joined upper and lower portions and wherein one or more A-frame members is hingedly foldable to a folded orientation substantially parallel to said base. 2. The transport rack of claim 1, further comprising legs joined to said frame and wherein said one or more supports are joined to and extend outwardly from said legs. 3. The transport rack of claim 1, wherein said base and legs define a corridor into which a dollyjack is receivable. 4. The transport rack of claim 1, wherein said base further comprises a plurality of fork lift pockets. 5. The transport rack of claim 1, wherein said base further comprises one or more stacking assemblies enabling the transport rack and other, identical transport racks, when folded, to be stacked upon one another. 6. The transport rack of claim 5, wherein the stacking assemblies include stacking posts and stacking pockets borne by the base, the posts being receivable in the stacking pockets. 7. The transport rack of claim 1, wherein said one or more supports have bottom surfaces adapted to support the rack upon a floor, and wherein said supports are dimensioned to support objects at less than about twelve inches above the floor. 8. The transport rack of claim 7, wherein one or more supports are adapted to support objects at a height of about three inches above the floor. 9. The transport rack of claim 1, where in said rack is constructed such that folding and unfolding of the one or more A-frames is accomplished without removal of any part. 10. A transport rack for storing and transporting panel-like objects such as glass sheets, the rack comprising a generally horizontal base, at least one support having a portion extending outwardly from the base, and at least one A-frame member joined to said base and having a surface against which said panels may rest, the transport rack further comprising at least one load securing assembly for securing said objects, said load securing assembly comprising a strap having a first end and a second end, said first end being secured to said A-frame member, said second end being removably, slidably attachable to said support such that when said strap is tensioned, said second end is slidably biased toward said A-frame member. 11. The transport rack of claim 10, wherein said support includes a ramped slot, the load securing assembly including a traveler slidably retained in said ramped slot and to which the second end of said strap is attached. 12. The transport rack of claim 11, wherein the ramped slot is sloped upwardly and inwardly toward said A-frame member. 13. A transport rack for storing and transporting sheet objects, said objects having a lower edge and a generally planar surface, the rack comprising:a base having floor-engaging legs;one or more support members proximate the floor and extending outwardly, away from said base, for supporting said lower edges; andone or more A-frame members hingedly attached to said base and having a surface for supporting said planar surface in a leaning orientation, said A-frame members being foldable from a generally A-shaped upright orientation to a generally horizontal orientation while remaining attached to said base, and further having hingedly adjoined upper and lower portions enabling said portions to be folded. 14. The transport rack of claim 13, wherein the base and legs define a corridor adapted for removably receiving a dolly jack. 15. The transport rack of claim 13, wherein at least one support member is adapted to carry said lower panel edge twelve inches or less from said floor. 16. The transport rack of claim 13, wherein said rack further comprises stacking assemblies enabling a plurality of such racks to be stacked upon one another in a space-efficient configura tion. 17. The transport rack of claim 13, said rack comprising two spaced apart end A-frame members each hingedly connected to said base so as to be foldable inwardly toward the center of said base, and at least one interior A-frame member hingedly connected to said base between said end A-frame members and hingedly divided into two or more portions so foldable with respect to each other that the two or more portions each, when folded, are generally parallel to said base. 18. A transport rack for storing and transporting panel-like objects such as glass sheets, comprising:a generally horizontal base having floor-engaging legs;at least one support proximate the floor and extending outwardly from at least one of said legs for supporting said objects;at least one A-frame member hingedly joined to and extending upwardly from said base, said A-frame member having a supporting surface against which said objects may lean; anda strapping system for securing said objects, said strapping system comprising one or more straps each having a first end and a second end, said first end being secured to said A-frame member, and a traveler adapted for removable coupling to said second strap end, said traveler being slidably retained in said support such that tensioning of said strap causes said slider to travel inwardly toward said A-frame member whereby said objects are securely held. 19. The transport rack of claim 18, in which one or more of said A-frame members is divided into two or more portions coupled by hinges such that said portions may be folded into an orientation generally parallel to said base. 20. A method for storing and transporting panel-like objects comprising the steps of:providing a rack, said rack comprising:a base, at least one support proximate a floor on which the rack may rest,the support extending outwardly away from said base, and at one or more A-frame member hingedly attached to said base, said A-frame members being foldable from a generally upright orientation to a generally horizontal orientation while remaining attached to said base;at a first location, loading said panel-like objects one at a time onto said support, said objects being positioned parallel to each other to form a stack that leans against said A-frame members;without removing said panels in stack form from the rack, transporting said rack containing the stack of panels to one or more different locations, ending at a final location at which said panels are unloaded from the rack one at a time. 21. The method of claim 20 wherein said panels are glass sheets, and said first location is adjacent a float glass line to receive glass panes one at a time from the float glass line. 22. The method of claim 21 wherein said final location is adjacent a glass coating line to deliver glass sheets one at a time to the coating line. 23. The method as claimed in claim 20, further comprising securing the panel stack to the rack with a load securing assembly comprising at least one strap having a first end and a second end, said first end being secured to said A-frame member, said second end being removably, slidably attachable to said support member, and tensioning the strap so as to slidably bias the second end of the strap toward said A-frame member. 24. The method as claimed in claim 20, further comprising the step, after unloading the panels one at a time from the rack, of folding said hinged joints so that said one or more A-frames lie generally parallel to said base, and stacking said rack with other similar racks for compact storage and transport.