Patent ID: 7360661

Claim:
A storage system for objects of a predetermined length and outside diameter, comprising: a mounting member; a plurality of elongated tubular members mounted in parallelism on and by said mounting member; each said tubular member having opposite ends and sidewall including a longitudinal slot extending from one of said ends to the other; each said tubular member having an inside diameter that is larger than the outside diameter of said object; said slot having throughout its length a relaxed width that is narrower than the outside diameter of a said object; and each said tubular member being sufficiently resilient that said object can be pushed sideways against the slot and it will widen the slot an amount sufficient to allow the object to move through the slot into or out from the tubular member; and wherein the mounting member includes receptacles for receiving the opposite ends of the elongated tubular members, said receptacles constraining the tubular members while allowing the tubular members to expand and contract when said object is moved sideways through the slot for said tubular member.