Patent ID: 7131544

Claim:
A wine rack for holding a plurality of bottles in a substantially horizontal reclined position and for conforming to a curved structural wall, said wine rack comprising: (a) a frame having a curved shape for following the curved structural wall and for containing a plurality of wine bottle compartments; and (b) a plurality of wine bottle compartments positioned in the frame to extend laterally therein and to extend vertically therein, wherein each said bottle compartment is an elongated open-ended compartment configured to hold a wine bottle while resting on its side with a first end and a second end, further wherein each said bottle compartment is hingedly attached to adjoining laterally disposed bottle compartments and hingedly attached to adjoining vertically disposed bottle compartments near their respective first ends and unattached at their respective second ends, whereby faces formed by terminuses of the wine bottle compartments collectively follow the curved shape of the frame.