Storage rack

• US 20060196842A1
• Filed: 03/06/2006
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silverack, LLC
• Original Assignee: Silverack, LLC
• Inventors: Taylor, Harry Randall, David, Dan Aurel
• Application Number:
  US11/369,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20060196842A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/186
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/06 with means for adjusting the height of the shelves A47B57/04, A47B57/30 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/50 characterised by shape or orientation of opening, e.g. keyhole-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 73/00 Bottle cupboards; Bottle racks
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/1466 with longitudinal grooves

Abstract

A storage rack comprises a pair of spaced-apart front and rear upright supports. A plurality of generally horizontal front and rear cross-beams extend between the front and rear upright supports, wherein the cross beams have pairs of slots along their length. A pair of spaced apart rails extend from a front cross beam to an associated rear cross beam, each of said rails comprising a generally flat support wall, a guide wall extending upwardly from the support wall and a downwardly depending tab at each end of the support wall. The tabs snap into the slots in the front and rear cross-beams. A plurality of storage units are slidably mounted on the rails of a pair of rails and are movable from a stored position between the front and rear cross-beams and a forward position wherein at least a portion of the storage unit extends forwardly beyond the front cross-beam. The storage unit comprises a stop to prevent forward movement beyond the forward position.

Claims

1. A storage rack comprising:

a front cross beam having at least one pair of slots;

a rear cross beam associated with the front cross beam, said rear cross beam having at least one pair of slots associated with a pair of slots in the front cross beam;

a pair of spaced apart rails extending in a generally parallel orientation from the front cross beam to the rear cross beam, each of said rails comprising a generally flat support wall, an outer guide wall extending upwardly from the support wall along at least a substantial portion of the length of the support wall, and a downwardly depending tab at each end of the support wall, each tab removably extending into a slot in one of the front and rear cross beams.

2. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein the at least one front cross beam and associated rear cross beam are at about the same elevation.

3. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein the front cross beam is at a higher elevation than its associated rear cross beam.

4. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein the front cross beam has an outer wall having a top edge and forming a generally vertical front face and an inner wall extending rearwardly from the top edge of the first wall.

6. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein the rear cross beam has a generally vertical outer wall with a bottom edge and an inner wall extending forwardly from the bottom edge of the outer wall.

7. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein the front ends of the rails are at an elevation higher than the rear ends of the rails.

8. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the front and rear tabs of a rail has an inwardly curved portion.

9. A storage rack according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the front and rear tabs have a sinusoidal shape.

10. A storage rack comprising:

a pair of spaced-apart front upright supports;

a pair of spaced-apart rear upright supports;

a plurality of generally horizontal front cross-beams extending between the front upright supports, at least one of said front cross beams having at least one pair of slots;

a plurality of generally horizontal rear cross-beams extending between the rear upright supports, at least one of said rear cross beams comprising at least one pair of slots and being associated with a front cross-beam that comprises at least one pair of slots;

a pair of spaced apart rails extending in a generally parallel to each other from a front cross beam to an associated rear cross beam, each of said rails comprising a generally flat support wall, a guide wall extending upwardly from the support wall along at least a substantial portion of the length of the support wall, and a downwardly depending tab at each end of the support wall, each tab removably extending into a slot in a front cross-beam and an associated rear cross beam; and

at least one storage unit slidably mounted on the support walls of a pair of rails extending between a front cross-beam and a rear cross-beam, said storage unit being movable from a stored position between the front cross-beam and the rear-cross-beam and a forward position wherein at least a portion of the storage unit extends forwardly beyond the front cross-beam.

11. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein at least one of the front cross beams comprises an outer wall having a top edge and forming a generally vertical front face and an inner wall extending rearwardly and downwardly from the top edge of the first wall.

12. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein the rear cross beam has a generally vertical outer wall with a bottom edge and an inner wall extending forwardly and upwardly from the bottom edge of the outer wall.

13. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein at least one rail pair extends rearwardly and downwardly from a front cross-beam to a rear cross-beam.

14. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein at least one of the front and rear tabs of a rail has an inwardly curved portion.

15. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein at least one of the front and rear tabs of a rail has a sinusoidal shape.

16. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein the storage unit comprises a container having a bottom wall a front wall, two side walls and a rear wall and wherein the at least one of the rearward portion of a side wall and the rear wall comprises an upwardly extending stop that engages a front cross-beam when the storage unit is in its forward position.

17. A storage rack according to claim 10 wherein the storage unit comprises a holder having a contour designed for receiving a wine bottle.