Patent ID: 7900782

Claim:
Apparatus for holding several stemware items having a circular base connected by a stem to a bowl portion, said apparatus comprising a rung ladder having a plurality of vertically spaced rungs: horizontally spaced apart paired parallel side rails, said rungs horizontally elongated between opposed ends which engage said side rails, a rear track member positioned below each of said rungs in parallel relationship therewith, said rear track member being elongated between first and second opposed ends which engage said side rails, a front track member positioned below each of said rungs, having a shorter length than said rear track member and substantially coplanar therewith, said front track member extending between a proximal extremity which engages one of said side rails, and a distal extremity, and defining in conjunction with said rear track member a retaining region which slidably holds said stemware items in inverted position, and a holding post downwardly directed from each of said rungs to securement with the distal extremity of said front track member and positioned to impede passage of said stemware items by abutment with the base portions thereof.