Adjustable wine shelf

Abstract

A wine rack assembly designed to hold a multiple of wine bottles horizontally in uniform positions utilizing three lateral wood racks, notched and positioned in tandem front-to-rear, supporting a range of bottle content sizes of approximately 750 ML to 1.5 L, being supported at the bottlenecks and at the largest sidewall diameters of the bottles by the racks notched for each bottle position. The assembly can be installed into space enclosures ranging in size from 10½×32 inches to 12×48 inches enabled by a lateral adjustment mechanism, comprised of sliding sub-assemblies, and depth adjustment comprised of a provision to cut the length of the perpendicular support pieces at the rear of the assembly during installation to fit the depth of an enclosure. Production encompasses standard woodworking equipment and joinery techniques.

1 . An adjustable wine shelf comprised of a wine rack assembly that can store multiple bottles of wine in bookshelf units, cabinets, or other enclosures installed as a shelf utilizing shelf brackets commonly used in supporting bookshelves to support the wine shelf assembly.  
   
   
       2 . A configuration of three racks that hold wine bottles horizontally in uniform parallel positions, which racks are configured to support bottlenecks (smallest sidewall diameters) as well as the bodies (largest sidewall diameters) of bottles ranging in content sizes of approximately 750 ML to 1.5 L, notched with circular aspect cuts in diameters to fit corresponding bottleneck and body of bottles with notched cut centerlines aligned in tandem front to rear for each bottle position.  
   
   
       3 . An adjustment mechanism comprised of sliding sub-assemblies, connected to the wine racks, to extend or contract the lateral right and left sides of the assembly to fit and be supported in compartments or enclosures of varying lateral widths.  
   
   
       4 . Perpendicular right and left Side Mounting Supports, connected to the outward lateral ends of the wine shelf assembly, that enable the wine shelf assembly to fit and be mounted as a shelf onto sidewalls of corresponding compartments or enclosures during installation utilizing shelf brackets installed onto the right and left sidewalls of a compartment or enclosure.  
   
   
       5 . Provision to shorten right and left Side Mounting Supports, enabled by extended lengths of the Side Mounting Supports beyond the rear position of the Third Rack and the body of the wine shelf assembly, to fit compartments or enclosures of varying depths.  
   
   
       6 . Provision for grape vine carvings or etchings to be crafted onto the front of the adjustable wine shelf assembly enabled by a Front Rack board height dimension and positions of the bottle notches.