Rotating stand (carousel) bottle and tube holder

Abstract

A holder for displaying and conveniently using consumables is disclosed, in which a two or more disks having corresponding, but differently sized, holes, arranged in rows, are ganged into a pair of disks, thereby allowing users to place bottles and tubes containing consumables into such holes for easy storage and access. The pair of disks is provided with rotational means, additional pairs of disks may be added in a modular fashion to increase storage capacity, and the rows of holes may be non-radially arranged, or even spirally arranged, to increase view and access to bottles and tubes.

1 . A bottle and tube holder comprising: 
 a first disk, substantially circular in shape, having a first side and a second side, and a plurality of holes formed therein;    the holes of the first disk are sufficiently large to accommodate the body of a tube of consumables;    a second disk, substantially circular in shape, having a first side and a second side; and a plurality of holes formed therein;    the holes of the second disk are sufficiently large to accommodate the top of a tube of consumables;    the holes of the second disk are smaller in diameter than the holes of the first disk;    a plurality of first bars having first and second ends;    the first end of the first bars may be connected to the first side of the second disk, and the second end of the first bars may be connected to the second side of the first disk, to thereby create a first ganged pair of disks; and    means for rotating the ganged pair of disks.    
   
   
       2 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 1 , in which the first end of the first bars are connected to the first side of the second disk, and the second end of the first bars are connected to the second side of the first disk, thereby creating a first ganged pair of disks.  
   
   
       3 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 2 , in which a substantial number of the holes of the first disk are positioned substantially in alignment to the holes of the second disk, when the first disk and the second disk ganged into a first pair of disks when connected by the first bars.  
   
   
       4 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 3 , in which the holes of the first disk are arranged in rows extending from points near the center of the first disk to points near the perimeter of the first disk, and the holes of the second disk are arranged in rows extending from points near the center of the second disk to points near the perimeter of the second disk.  
   
   
       5 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 4 , in which the rows of holes of the first disk are not radially arranged, and the rows of holes of the second disk are not radially arranged.  
   
   
       6 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 5 , in which the rows of holes of the first disk are generally arranged in a spiral, and the rows of holes of the second disk are generally arranged in a spiral.  
   
   
       7 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a third disk, substantially circular in shape, having a first side and a second side, and a plurality of holes formed therein;    the holes of the third disk are sufficiently large to accommodate the body of a tube of consumables;    a fourth disk, substantially circular in shape, having a first side and a second side; and a plurality of holes formed therein;    the holes of the fourth disk are sufficiently large to accommodate the top of a tube of consumables;    the holes of the fourth disk are smaller in diameter than the holes of the first disk;    a plurality of second bars having first and second ends;    the first end of the second bars may be connected to the first side of the fourth disk, and the second end of the second bars may be connected to the second side of the third disk, to thereby create a second ganged pair of disks;    a plurality of first legs having first and second ends; and    the first end of the first legs may be connected to the second side of the second disk, and the second end of the first legs may be connected to the first side of the third disk, to thereby affix the first ganged pair of disks to the second ganged pair of disks in a rigid array.    
   
   
       8 . The bottle and tube holder of  claim 7 , in which: 
 the first end of the first bars are connected to the first side of the second disk, and the second end of the first bars are connected to the second side of the first disk, thereby creating a first ganged pair of disks, in which a substantial number of the holes of the first disk are positioned substantially in alignment to the holes of the second disk;    the first end of the second bars are connected to the first side of the fourth disk, and the second end of the second bars are connected to the second side of the third disk, thereby creating a second ganged pair of disks, in which a substantial number of the holes of the third disk are positioned substantially in alignment to the holes of the fourth; and    the first end of the first legs are connected to the second side of the second disk, and the second end of the first legs are connected to the first side of the third disk, thereby creating affixing the first ganged pair of disks to the second ganged pair of disks in a rigid array.