Patent ID: 8550263

Claim:
A modular rack system for stemware having a base with a first dimensional width and a stem having a second dimensional width less than the first dimensional width, comprising: a mounting structural member, for affixation to a surface, having opposed first and second coupling members; first and second return structural members, respectively having: elongated opposed first and second legs that are oriented in mutually spaced relationship spanning a third dimensional width less than the first dimensional width and greater than the second dimensional width; each respective first leg coupled to a corresponding one of the first or second coupling members and projecting outwardly therefrom a desired distance, for selectively varying assembled rack system fourth dimensional width; an extension cross structural member, having: opposed third and fourth coupling members for receiving a corresponding one of the second legs of the first or second returns, so that the assembled structural members form a closed loop with opposed sides spanning the third dimensional width; and a bulbous projection extending outwardly from the closed loop along a common plane, spanning with an opposed side of the loop a fifth dimensional width that is greater than the first dimensional width, for receipt, circumscribed passage and capture of stemware bases therein, so that the stemware bases are suspended within and peripherally supported by the closed loop; and retention mechanisms for rigidly affixing respective coupling members and corresponding received legs.