Patent ID: 7131545

Claim:
An apparatus for suspending glasses, comprising: a) a main plate having first and second opposing ends, a top side and a bottom side, and first and second edges, said main plate having a plurality of holes therein, wherein said holes are spaced apart in a first and second row disposed adjacent said first and second edges, respectively, of said main plate, wherein each hole in said first row corresponds to each hole in said second row, wherein said first and second row of holes extend substantially from said first end to said second end of said main plate; b) a first and second elastic cord having first and second ends adapted for attachment longitudinally along said first and second row of holes, wherein a first row of elastic cord is disposed parallel to a second row of elastic cord so that one side of a base of a glass can be placed under said first row of elastic cord and a second side of a base of a glass can be placed under said second row of elastic cord; c) a backer plate adapted for attachment to said main plate, said backer plate having first and second opposing ends, a top side and a bottom side, and first and second ends being complementarily shaped as said main plate, wherein said bottom side of said backer plate is disposed adjacent said top side of said main plate; d) first and second legs, wherein said first leg is disposed on said first end of said top side of said backer plate and said second leg is disposed on said second end of said top side of said backer plate, wherein each of said first and second legs has first and second ends so that said first end of each of said first and second legs can be attached to a ceiling and said second end of each of said first and second legs can be attached to said top side of said backer plate to permit the apparatus to be attached to a ceiling so that the glasses are suspended in the apparatus; and e) at least one shim being disposed between said first and second leg and said backer plate, wherein the length of said first and second legs can be adjusted and wherein the length of said first and second legs can be adjusted.