Patent ID: 8870023

Claim:
A cup rack for holding a plurality of cups, each said cup comprising a body and opposing top and bottom sides, the cup rack comprising: a cup rack body comprising a top opening, a bottom opening and a passage in communication between said top opening and said bottom opening for accommodating said cups, said passage having a left side, a right side, a front side and a rear side, said left and right sides of said passage respectively facing opposing top and bottom sides of each said cup, said front and rear sides of said passage respectively facing a body side of each said cup, said cup rack body further comprising two rings, two rear upright rods, two left upright rods, two right upright rods and a front rod, each said ring comprising opposing left and right straight segments and opposing front and rear arched segments, said rear upright rods having respective opposing top and bottom ends thereof respectively connected to respective inner sides of the rear arched segments of said two rings and kept in parallel, said left upright rods having respective opposing top and bottom ends thereof respectively connected to respective inner sides of the left straight segments of said two rings and kept parallel to each other, said right upright rods having respective opposing top and bottom ends thereof respectively connected to respective inner sides of the right straight segments of said two rings and kept parallel to each other, said front rod having opposing top and bottom ends thereof respectively connected to respective inner sides of the front arched segments of said two rings, said two rings respectively defining said top opening and said bottom opening therein, said rear upright rods, said left upright rods, said right upright rod, and said front rod being arranged to jointly define said passage; and a base comprising two limiter members, a rear baffle member and a receiving member, said limiter members each having a top end thereof respectively connected to said cup rack body and disposed at the left and right sides of said passage, said rear baffle member having a top end thereof connected to said cup rack body and disposed at the rear side of said passage, said receiving member having a rear end and a front end, said rear end of said receiving member thereof connected to a bottom end of said rear baffle member, said front end of said receiving member and said two limiter members jointly defining an access port for passing said cups.