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Horizontal bottle storage and support trayRelated Patent Categories: Supports: Racks, Special Article, Receptacle Support, Bottle Or JarHorizontal bottle storage and support tray description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060219648, Horizontal bottle storage and support tray. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This Utility Model Application is for a rack to support and horizontally store bottles with new features giving it numerous advantages as will be shown in this report. [0002] The invention is for general application for storing bottles of sparkling wine, wine bottles and other packaging of a similar shape. [0003] The technique for racks horizontally storing bottles are well known as they are essentially formed by a body with a surface in relief. This relief defines a series of compartments which are designed to store each bottle horizontally. [0004] To store bottles in the appropriate manner, each compartment has a wider area for the base and body of the bottle and an opposite, narrower area for the neck of the bottle. [0005] On conventional racks the compartments are made up of pairs of parallel and aligned pairs which also define another symmetrical compartment in the narrower area between the pair of compartments. All compartments formed by the relief of the rack surface are on the same plane. [0006] The main drawback with this configuration is the large space occupied by the bottles when they are stacked up, necessitating an excessive amount of storage space. [0007] To solve this problem of space, the invention proposes a simple and effective solution. It has been found that this invention uses a simple and economic method to considerably reduce the space occupied by the bottles in the aforementioned storage system. [0008] To do this the invention proposes a rack with a new configuration designed and developed to fulfil the proposed aims. In particular it is a rack to store bottles as previously described using the previous technique which has a surface manufactured in a laminate. This surface defines an upper and lower relief. The lower relief allows another rack to be enclosed and in this way racks may be stacked one on top of another. [0009] An important feature of this rack invention is that the configuration of the surface in relief in each set of compartments is defined by the first two parallel compartments running next to each other on the same plane and a second additional inverted compartment on a parallel plane which is elevated with regard to the plane of the first two compartments. [0010] In this particular configuration the narrower area of the second additional compartment is enclosed between the corresponding narrower areas of the first compartments and is substantially in contact with the wider area of these compartments. [0011] In this way the plane of the second additional compartment is somewhat elevated. In particular this height is substantially equal to the width of the wider area of the compartments. [0012] Comparing the specific configuration of the aforementioned rack with this invention, it has been found that it is possible to save 30% of the space used by conventional bottle storage systems. [0013] In this way the layout of the second additional inverted compartment on an elevated plane with regard to the plane of the first two compartments allows the bottle stored in the second compartment to be inserted more deeply between the aforementioned pair of compartments. Therefore the distance between the end of the first pair of compartments and the opposite end of the second compartment is considerably reduced. In consequence it also reduces the width of each row of compartments. [0014] On the other hand, the narrower area (for the bottle neck) in the second compartment between the pair of compartments allows the pair of compartments to be closer to each other because of the slightly elevated plane which is formed by the second compartment. In consequence the length of each row is also considerably reduced, because, as previously stated, the distance between each compartment in the aforementioned pair of compartments is reduced. [0015] Preferably, the relief of the rack is formed by at least two rows of these compartments. Each row has a length which is predetermined by each set of three compartments (that is to say, the first pair and the second compartment inserted between them) and a length which depends on the number of sets of compartments in the rack. [0016] In this configuration of two or more rows, the aforementioned first, parallel compartments in each set of compartments may be laid out symmetrically within the different rows or laid out in the same direction. [0017] The advantages of the invention will be clearer with the description of an example of a rack to support and horizontally store bottles which is given below. This description will be in conjunction with the drawings accompanying it. [0018] In these drawings: [0019] FIG. 1 is an elevation of a rack in accordance with the invention which illustrates several bottles placed on it; [0020] FIG. 2 is a top view which illustrates the bottles laid out in FIG. 1; [0021] FIG. 3 is an elevation of several racks in the invention stacked one on the other; [0022] FIG. 4 is an elevation of the bottles on the rack in cross-section in plane AA' in FIG. 1; [0023] FIG. 5 is an elevation of the bottles on the rack in cross-section in plane BB' in FIG. 1. [0024] The drawings illustrate a possible practical layout of a rack in accordance with the invention which has been given the number (10) as a reference. Continue reading about Horizontal bottle storage and support tray... 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