Patent ID: 6719153
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A47B,B25H

Abstract:
A storage rack for supporting in spaced relationship from a vertical support surface a plurality of items each having at least an elongated handle;a single elongated bar having a length, thickness and width, said width being of greater dimension than said thickness, said bar having a top surface and bottom surface defining the thickness of said bar; a first end at one end of the length of said bar; a second end at the other end of the length of said bar; an attachment at said first end adapted for attachment to said vertical support surface so as to support said bar in cantilevered fashion with the length of the bar extending away from the vertical support surface, with the second end spaced from the vertical support surface and with said top surface facing upwardly and said bottom surface facing downwardly; said bar having a first side having a first edge and a second side having a second edge, said edges extending along said top surface and said bottom surface; the angle between said attachment located at said first end and said length of said bar being such as to support said bar on said vertical support surface at an inclined angle away from said vertical support surface with one of said first and second ends being lower than the other of said first and second ends and with said top surface facing upwardly and said bottom surface facing downwardly; a series of slots in said bar extending from the first edge of said bar toward but short of said second edge; said slots extending downwardly through said bar including through said top surface and bottom surface; said series of slots spaced along the length of said bar between said first and second ends at various distances from said attachment; and said slots shaped to provide an inlet opening in said first edge leading into a retainer opening extending from said inlet opening toward said one of said first and second ends being lower than the other of said first and second ends, said retainer opening having laterally spaced side edges, which are spaced inwardly from said first and second edges of said elongated bar, whereby an elongated part inserted in said inlet opening can be slid toward one of said first and second ends being lower than the other of said first and second ends into said retainer opening and held therein by virtue of gravity and the inclination of said bar; wherein said attachment is formed integrally from material of the elongated bar and the bar includes a bent portion that positions the attachment at an angle to the top surface.