Patent ID: 6209733
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A display rack for a plurality of beverage bottles, each of said plurality of beverage bottles having a body, a shoulder atop said body, a neck, a protruding ring about said neck, and a head atop said neck, said display rack holding said bottles by said protruding ring when inserted into said display rack, said display rack comprising:a vertical support column;a plurality of brackets fastened to said support column, each of said brackets having a lower connecting flange fastened to said support column and an upper positioning flange; andmeans on each of said brackets for receiving and holding one of said beverage bottles by said protruding ring, said means including a keyway in said upper positioning flange having an arcuate upper portion, an arcuate lower portion larger in dimension than said upper portion, and an intermediate portion connecting said upper and lower portions, said keyway limiting upward movement of said head of said bottle when inserted therein while allowing said body of said bottle to tilt downward, said upper positioning flange being bent at an angle so that a lower portion of said upper positioning flange and a portion of said keyway therein extend farther away from said support column than an upper portion of said upper positioning flange and a portion of said keyway therein to thereby cause a bottle to tilt downward when inserted in said keyway.