Patent ID: 8287224

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring glasses from a first beverage glass containment rack to an empty second beverage glass containment rack, each rack having side walls defining a perimeter, and each rack also having an upper edge, a bottom, and a plurality of chambers arrayed within the perimeter, each chamber being adapted to contain a beverage glass, the apparatus comprising: side walls bearing edges adapted to engage the perimeter of the first beverage glass rack when in a mounted position atop the first beverage glass rack; a center divider extending inwardly from the side walls and orthogonal the side walls; a plurality of arrayed ducts, each duct coupled to the center divider and positioned such that each respective duct is positioned to fit within a respective chamber when in the mounted position; wherein, an assembly is formed by engaging the upper edge of the first containment rack with a bottom face of the center divider and engaging an upper edge of the empty second containment rack with a top face of the center divider; and wherein, beverage glasses are transferred from the first rack to the empty rack by inverting the assembly.