Patent ID: 7806278

Claim:
A bottle storage device for at least one double row ( 7 ) of bottles ( 1 ), formed by a first row ( 2 ) and a second row ( 3 ) of bottles ( 1 ), the device comprising at least one support assembly ( 11 ) for supporting the double row ( 7 ), which comprises a first support assembly part ( 6 ) for supporting lateral surfaces ( 5 ) of the bottles ( 1 ) of the first row ( 2 ) and a second support assembly part ( 10 ) for supporting lateral surfaces ( 5 ) of bottles ( 1 ) of the second row ( 3 ) and a third support assembly part ( 8 ) arranged between the first and second parts to support bottle necks ( 4 ) of the bottles ( 1 ) in both rows ( 3 , 4 ) of the double row ( 7 ), a first stop ( 14 ) for the lateral surface ( 5 ) of a rearmost one of the bottles ( 1 ) of the first row ( 2 ) and a second stop ( 14 ) for the lateral surface ( 5 ) of a rearmost one of the bottles ( 1 ) of the second row ( 3 ), the first, second and third support assembly parts ( 6 , 8 , 10 ) being spaced apart from each other, and the third support assembly part ( 8 ) projects freely from a rear side of the bottle storage device, positioned opposite a removal side, and extends with a free end directed toward the removal side, and the first and second stops for the lateral surfaces ( 5 ) of the rearmost bottle ( 1 ) of the first and the second row ( 2 , 3 ) are off-set in reference to each other in a direction of the rows ( 2 , 3 ), and the first, second and third support assembly parts ( 6 , 10 , 8 ) are arranged such that longitudinal axes of the stored bottles are each inclined in reference to a horizontal plane with the longitudinal axes of each of the stored bottles rising toward the bottle neck supported on the third support assembly part ( 8 ).