Patent ID: 8132871
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A bottle storage device defining a storage space useful for containing multiple wine bottles, the storage space having a front and a back with access to the storage space from the front, the bottle storage device comprising: a normally stationary support; a first hinge leaf: an elongated first wine bottle support supported by the first hinge leaf, projecting generally perpendicularly in its direction of elongation from the plane of the first hinge leaf, and configured for supporting at least two wine bottles each having a mouth and a base, such that the wine bottles respectively are elongated along first and second wine bottle axes extending between the mouth and the base, with each wine bottle axis extending generally perpendicularly from the plane of the first hinge leaf and the first wine bottle axis disposed above and parallel to the second wine bottle axis; a second hinge leaf: an elongated second wine bottle support supported by the second hinge leaf, projecting generally perpendicularly in its direction of elongation from the plane of the second hinge leaf, and configured for supporting a wine bottle having a mouth and a base, the wine bottle being elongated along a bottle axis extending between the mouth and the base, with the bottle axis extending generally perpendicularly from the plane of the second hinge leaf; in which the second wine bottle support is between the first wine bottle support and the back of the storage space when the first and second hinge leaves are in their first positions.