Patent attributes
Impact resistant storage of cylinders in a cylinder holder having a body, means to contain the cylinder longitudinally and means to resiliently position the cylinder laterally. The body has a cavity to receive the cylinder. The cavity has a longitudinal central axis generally corresponding to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The means to contain the cylinder longitudinally provides for a resilient containment of the cylinder within the cavity during periods of longitudinal stress. The means to position the cylinder laterally provides for a resilient positioning of the cylinder within the cavity wherein the longitudinal axis of the cylinder may move laterally within a three hundred and sixty (360) degree radial range away from the longitudinal central axis of the cavity during periods of lateral stress and return generally to the longitudinal central axis of the cavity following termination of the lateral stress.