Patent ID: 7594637

Claim:
A holder for a piece of stemware comprising: a) a mounting bracket; and a clip connected to the mounting bracket and adapted to releasably receive said piece, the clip including opposed first and second gripping fingers which, when the clip is in said releasable receipt of said piece, gripping there between the stem of said piece to stably hold said piece at a storage position; b) wherein the clip is characterized in that the first gripping finger has a base portion and a socket portion wrapping around one side of the stem when said piece is received by the clip, c) wherein the second gripping finger including a grip portion which bears against the stem in opposed relation to the socket portion when said piece is received by the clip; d) wherein the second gripping finger including a base portion extending in acute angular relation to the first finger base portion, the second gripping finger base portion extending from a fixed end connected to the mounting bracket to a terminus; e) wherein the second gripping finger further including a reinforcing member extending parallel to and spaced from the second gripping finger base portion thereby defining a slot between the second gripping finger base portion and the reinforcing member wherein the reinforcing member attached at each distal end to the second gripping finger base portion.