Patent ID: 7841471

Claim:
A supporting structure for storing barriques, comprising: a plurality of hollow longitudinal connecting bars, wherein each of said longitudinal connecting bars comprises a longitudinal hollow space, said longitudinal hollow space defining a longitudinal housing for a fork of a lifting device; at least one pair of undulated saddles mutually connected by means of said longitudinal connecting bars, each of said saddles comprising an upper part, each saddle being shaped in the upper part in such a way as to form at least two upper seats for two barriques arranged side by side and a lower seat for an underlying barrique, said lower seat being arranged in an intermediate position between said two upper seats, each of said saddles comprising a lower part, said saddles forming extensions in said lower part for contacting two underlying flanked barriques, said saddles being formed by two undulated section bars, one or more of said saddles comprising a plurality of apertures, each of said connecting bars being connected to said saddles, wherein each of said connecting bars is aligned with one of said apertures in at least one of said saddles, said longitudinal hollow space of each of said connecting bars being in communication with said one of said apertures in said at least one of said saddles.