Wine rack

Abstract

A wine rack for storing a plurality of wine bottles comprising one or more pairs of front and rear horizontal supports connected to a pair of vertical side supports. A plurality of support member pairs, extend between each pair of horizontal supports to support a wine bottle. The support members are perpendicularly oriented to front and rear horizontal supports, which secure the wine bottles and prevent their longitudinal movement toward the front and back of the wine rack. In various arrangements, the horizontal supports are arcuate to provide improved accessibility and viewing of wine bottles stored on the rack.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wine rack comprising,
 a cabinet having at least three walls, inside surfaces of said walls defining support surfaces;   a first set of commonly oriented elongated members, each of said first set of elongated members having first and second ends engaging at least two of said support surfaces in a first orientation,   a second set of commonly oriented elongated members, each of said second set of elongated members having first and second ends engaging at least two of said support surfaces in a second orientation, wherein the first and second orientation are different; and   wherein said first and second sets of elongated members alternate.   
     
     
         2 . The wine rack of  claim 1 , wherein said first and second sets of elongated members are interlaced. 
     
     
         3 . The wine rack of  claim 1 , wherein said first and second sets each include at least two elongated members. 
     
     
         4 . The wine rack of  claim 1 , wherein said elongated members are bowed between their first and second ends. 
     
     
         5 . The wine rack of  claim 4 , wherein said elongated members comprise barrel staves.