Patent ID: 6220458
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A47G,B67C,B67D

Abstract:
A bottle rack system comprising:a bottle support member;a slide-in drip tray;a first neck insert; anda second neck insert;said bottle support member being U-shaped and including a pair of parallel oriented end portions connected by a perpendicularly oriented middle portion;an inner bottom edge of each of said parallel oriented end portions having a drip tray insertion channel formed along the length thereof sized to receive and hold an edge of said slide-in drip tray;said middle portion having a circular bottle neck opening formed therethrough of a first diameter and four bottle anti-tip structures extending downwardly therefrom, between said two end portions, and spaced around the perimeter of said circular bottle neck opening;said slide-in drip tray including a rectangular shaped, planar tray portion having two drip receiving depressions formed therein for receiving and holding drips from bottles positioned through said bottle neck opening of said bottle support member;each of said first and second neck inserts including a center portion having a diameter equal to said first diameter, a tapered insertion tip formed at one end of said center portion, a support member contact flange formed at a second end of said center portion, and a tapered bottle neck insertion passageway formed through said support member contact flange, said center portion, and said tapered insertion tip;said tapered bottle neck insertion passageway tapering in diameter from a larger diameter cap insertion opening formed through said support member contact flange to a smaller diameter cap exit opening formed through said tapered insertion tip;said cap insertion opening and said cap exit opening, respectively, of said first neck insert being each smaller in diameter than said cap insertion opening and said cap exit opening, respectively, of said second neck insert;said center portion of each of said first and second neck insert being separately insertable through said circular bottle neck opening such that said support member contact flange is supported on said middle portion.