Patent ID: 7546922

Claim:
An apparatus for storing a plurality of articles comprising: a plurality of individual article support means for supporting a plurality of articles in a plurality of longitudinally extending rows, wherein the article support means are disposed within a container, the plurality of articles in the plurality of longitudinally extending rows are supported independent of the side walls of the container, wherein each one of the article support means comprises a first rack and a second rack, each rack possessing a first spine and a second spine, wherein each spine has a plurality of notches for receiving the peripheral surfaces of a plurality of articles; a plurality of openings formed in each one of the racks disposed intermediately to the lateral surface of each spine wherein the openings of a respective rack are spaced longitudinally from each other along the respective rack; and at least one of the racks having means for coupling its respective first spine and its respective second spine so as to form one of the racks for coupling to the other rack through one of the openings.