Patent ID: 8201698

Claim:
A bottle rack comprising: a first panel; a second panel that opposes the first panel; each of the first panel and the second panel comprising: a plurality of segments that form (i) one or more large openings that each dimensioned to accommodate a base end of a bottle, and (ii) one or more small openings that are each dimensioned to accommodate a neck or tip end of the bottle; wherein the plurality of segments include a large/small opening configuration that provides a first large opening adjacent to a first small opening, wherein the large/small opening configuration includes a first tangential structure that is (i) tangential to the first large opening and to the first small opening, and (ii) positioned on a same side of the first large opening and the first small opening; wherein the large/small opening configuration further includes a second tangential structure that is (i) tangential to the first large opening, to the first small opening, and to a second large opening, (ii) positioned in between the first large opening and the first small opening, and (iii) positioned in between the first large opening and the second large opening; wherein the large/small opening configuration further includes a third tangential structure that is (i) tangential to the first small opening and the second large opening, and (ii) positioned in between the first small opening and the second large opening; wherein the first large opening on the first panel is axially aligned with a corresponding small opening on the second panel; wherein the first small opening on the first panel is axially aligned with a corresponding large opening on the second panel.