Detachably stacked chock stowage apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR STOWING OBJECTS COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF BASE CHOCKS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A BASE SUPPORT SURFACE AND FORMED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS WITH HINGE PIN-RECEIVING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF DETACHABLE CHOCKS EACH FORMED WITH A BASE PORTION HAVING HINGE PIN RECEIVING MEANS AT EACH END AND EACH FURTHER BEING FORMED WITH AN ARM PORTION OF A FIXED LENGTH EXTENDING LATERALLYOUTWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, HINGE PINS RECEIVED IN SAID PIN-RECEIVING MEANS OF BOTH SAID BASE AND DETACHABLE CHOCKS, HINGEDLY CONNECTING SAID CHOCKS, A PLURALITY OF CHOCK COUPLING PIN MEANS, SAID ARM PORTIONS EACH BEING PROVIDED AT ITS OUTER END WITH A SOCKET FOR MOUNTING ONE OF SAID CHOCK COUPLING PIN MEANS, AND SAID ARM PORTIONS EACH BEING PROVIDED ON ITS OPPOSITE END WITH A PIN-RECEIVING SOCKET SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE SOCKET OF ITS OUTER END, SOME OF SAID DETACHABLE CHOCKS HINGEDLY SUPPORTED ON A HORIZONTAL PIVOTAL AXIS ON SAID BASE CHOCKS AND OTHER OF SAID DETACHABLE CHOCKS STACKED ON SAID HINGEDLY SUPPORTED CHOCKS ALSO ON HORIZONTAL PIVOTAL AXES TO FORM PARALLEL ROWS OF LATERALLY-SPACED STACKS, THE ARMS OF EACH DETACHABLE CHOCK SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STACKS AND BEING SUPPORTABLYCOUPLED TO LATERALLY-ADJACENT CHOCKS BY SAID COUPLING PINS ENGAGING THE PIN-RECEIVING SOCKETS OF ADJACENT CHOCKS.