Patent ID: 6974042

Claim:
A rack, comprising: a) a left upright frame, the left upright frame including a front and a rear; b) said left upright frame including a member extending between the front and rear thereof; c) a right upright frame, the right upright frame including a front and a rear; d) said right upright frame including a member extending between the front and rear thereof, and the right upright frame extending substantially parallel to and spaced from said left frame; e) an upper connector disposed between said left frame and said right frame; f) the left member, the right member, and the upper connector defining a substantially Z-shaped frame and defining a mouth at at least one of said front and rear thereof; g) a lifting element disposed on said rack and between said left and right upright frames; h) said lifting element extending substantially parallel to said left frame; i) said upper connector defining a passage extending rearwardly from said mouth; j) a bracket connecting said left frame and said upper connector, said bracket extending less than the distance between the left frame and the right frame; and k) said bracket providing substantially free accesse to said passage from one of the front and the rear of the rack so that another, substantially identical, rack can be nested within the mouth of said rack.