Patent ID: 7481323

Claim:
A multi-purpose rack for mounting at least one door of a first height and at least one door of a second height, said second height being greater than said first height, in order to facilitate the process of painting said at least one door of a first height and said at least one door of a second height, said multi-purpose rack comprising: a base which provides a stable support for said rack, mounting structure for mounting said at least one door of a first height on said rack, said mounting structure comprising two elements for supporting, respectively, opposite edges of said at least one door of a first height, support structure for supporting said mounting structure and spacing the at least two elements of said mounting structure apart from one another by a first distance, extension structure for enabling said rack, while mounting at least one door of a first height, to simultaneously mount at least one door of a second height, said second height being greater than said first height, wherein said extension structure has an upper member for supporting an upper edge of said at least one door of a second height, said upper member being capable of being positioned at a distance from one of said elements which is greater than said first distance between said elements, whereby said at least one door of a second height can be supported at said upper edge by said upper member and at a lower edge by said one of said elements of said mounting structure, and attachment structure for attaching an upper edge and a lower edge of each door to be mounted on said rack either to one of said two elements of said mountings structure or to said upper member.