Nesting rack

Abstract

A bakery rack comprising a base frame supporting side frames and a top frame, the base and top frames each comprising a pair of spaced apart members connected by a cross brace extending from a rear portion of one member to a front portion of the other member. A plurality of racks can thus be stored in nested relation with a portion of one rack disposed between the side frames of another rack. The bakery rack is substantially laterally and vertically symmetrical, and is easy and inexpensive to manufacture because it utilizes substantially identical components for many different purposes, while providing a nesting rack which takes up significantly less storage space than a conventional rectangular bakery rack.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A rack, comprising 
 a base frame comprising a pair of spaced apart base members connected by a cross brace extending from a rear portion of one base member to a front portion of the other base member;    side frames mounted to the base frame, each side frame comprising a series of pan supports affixed in vertically spaced relation to front and back risers; and    a top frame mounted to the side frames, comprising a pair of spaced apart top members connected by a cross brace extending from a rear portion of one top member to a front portion of the other top member;    whereby a plurality of racks can be stored in nested relation with a portion of one rack disposed between the side frames of another rack.    
     
     
         2 . The rack of  claim 1  further comprising a secondary cross brace extending between a rear portion of one side frame and a front portion of the other side frame, at a position intermediate to the top frame and the base frame.  
     
     
         3 . The rack of  claim 1  further comprising a truss extending between a cross brace and the frame members to which the cross brace is connected.  
     
     
         4 . The rack of  claim 1  comprising castors affixed to the base frame.  
     
     
         5 . The rack of  claim 1  in which each side frame further comprises an intermediate riser disposed between the front and rear risers.  
     
     
         6 . The rack of  claim 5  in which the secondary cross brace is affixed to side braces affixed to side braces respectively extending between the front and intermediate risers of one frame and the rear and intermediate risers of the other side frame.  
     
     
         7 . The rack of  claim 6  in which the secondary cross brace is disposed in a bottom portion of the rack.  
     
     
         8 . The rack of  claim 7  in which the secondary cross brace is disposed immediately beneath a pair of pan supports.