Patent ID: 6041947
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A47B,B25H

Abstract:
A storage rack for supporting in spaced relationship away from a vertical support surface items having at least an elongated part comprising:an upper leg formed by an upper elongated bar; said upper bar having a first top surface, a first bottom surface, and a first body portion located between said first top surface and first bottom surface; said upper bar having a first end and a second end and a first side and a second side extending along said first top surface, said first bottom surface, and said first body portion;said elongated upper bar having a first attachment located on said first end for attachment to a vertical surface;said first attachment when supported on a vertical surface supporting said upper bar at an angle extending lengthwise away from a vertical surface with said first top surface facing upwardly and said first bottom surface facing downwardly;a lower leg formed by an elongated lower bar;said lower bar having a second top surface, a second bottom surface, and a second body portion located between said second top surface and said second bottom surface;said lower bar having third and fourth ends, said lower bar having third and fourth sides extending along said second top surface, said second body portion and said second bottom surface;said third end of said lower bar connected to said second end of said upper bar; a second attachment on the fourth end of said lower bar for attaching said lower bar on a vertical support surface;said second attachment when supported on a vertical surface supporting said lower bar at an angle extending lengthwise away from a vertical surface with said second top surface facing upwardly and said second bottom surface facing downwardly;said first and second attachments located on a plane;said lower bar extending at an inclined angle downwardly from the second end of said upper bar to said plane for providing support to said upper bar on a vertical support surface when said upper bar is attached to a vertical surface;a series of first slots in said first top surface, said first bottom surface, and said first body portion of said upper bar, said series of first slots extending through said first side and toward but short of said second side, said first slots spaced along the length of said upper bar between said first and second ends away from a vertical surface when said rack is supported thereon, each of said first slots shaped to receive an elongated part of an item;a series of second slots in said second top surface, said second lower surface, and said second body portion of lower bar, said second slots extending through the third side toward but short of said fourth side of said lower bar, said second slots spaced along the length of said lower bar between said third and fourth ends and away from a vertical surface when said rack is supported thereon, said second slots being shaped to receive an elongated part of an item; andsaid first bar located substantially vertically above said second bar when said first attachment is secured to a vertical support substantially vertically above said second attachment whereby each one of said first slots of said series of first slots is positioned with respect to one of said second slots of said series of second slots so as to receive the same elongated part of an item.