Patent ID: 9289062
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A47B

Claim Text:
1. A rack for storing a plurality of wine bottles, each bottle having a bottom portion transitioning to a neck portion through a shoulder portion, the rack comprising: a housing having an open front bordered by two opposing side panels with inner surfaces, and wherein the side panels are connected to a back panel; one or both of the side panels having a plurality of vertically spaced-apart holes that are larger than the neck portions of the bottles but smaller than the bottom portions of the bottles; and one or more structures mounted on the back panel adapted to support the bottom portions of wine bottles, such that the bottles are stored at non-horizontal angles in the housing with the shoulder of each bottle resting against the inner surface of one of the side panels, with the neck of each wine bottle extending downwardly and outwardly through a respective one of the holes in the side panels.