Wire rack for wine bottles and the like

Details Wire rack for wine bottles and the like Wire rack for wine bottles and the like

2000-09-21

2002-07-23

Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3634)

Supports: racks

Of wire

C211S074000, C211S049100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06422406

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to storage and display racks and more particularly—but not exclusively—to wire wine racks which may be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled without the need for tools.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
For convenience of expression, the inventive rack will hereinafter be called a “wine rack”; although, it should be apparent that the inventive rack has many uses other than for storage of wine. The wine rack may have almost any convenient size and shape. In general, the dimensions of a wine shelf might be in the nature of 14″×48″ and, perhaps 84″ tall. An example of such racks may be found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,546,887 and 2,622,741.
Regardless of the assembled size, it is desirable to have a rack which may be shipped broken down into its component parts in a relatively small box. Also, it should be very easy to quickly assemble the rack into its useable form or to disassemble it for storage. Once it is assembled, it should be secure and stable.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A particularly useful form of construction which meets these criteria is a rack made of a plurality of preferably cold rolled steel wires which intersect each other and are preferably welded together at each point where the wires intersect. In the preferred embodiment, the wires form an orthogonal matrix to form shelves and panels.
Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a rack having the features described above. Here an object is to provide such a rack which is especially adapted for wine or bottle storage but which may also be used for other purposes. For example, four rack shelves might provide for wine storage while a fifth shelf might store other things such as glasses, napkins, nuts, chips, and the like. Hence, flexibility of design and usage is desirable.
In keeping with an aspect of the invention, these and other objects are provided by a series of wire panels and shelves which easily fit together without the need for tools. The shelves may be assembled in either a flat and completely horizontal position for general storage or on a slant for wine bottle storage. Once the shelves are in position, a suitable number of A-frames may be secured to each shelf in order to receive rows of bottles between the slanting sides of the A-frame, forming space-efficient storage compartments.


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