Shelving system for cellar

Abstract

A shelving system for storing and displaying bottles within a cellar. The shelving system includes at least one rack for supporting and displaying bottles, the least one rack being mountable onto a given wall of the cellar and being displaceable with respect to said given wall so as to be displaced in and out of the cellar along an operative directional axis. The shelving system also includes at least one recess provided about the at least one rack, each recess being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving a corresponding bottle, and each recess being disposed about the at least one rack, at an angle with respect to the operative directional axis of the at least one rack, so as to allow peripheral side surfaces of bottles resting on the at least one rack to face a front portion of the cellar.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shelving system for storing and displaying bottles within a cellar, the shelving system comprising:
 at least one rack for supporting and displaying bottles, the least one rack being mountable onto a given wall of the cellar and being displaceable with respect to said given wall so as to be displaced in and out of the cellar along an operative directional axis; and   at least one recess provided about the at least one rack, each recess being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving a corresponding bottle, and each recess being disposed about the at least one rack, at an angle with respect to the operative directional axis of the at least one rack, so as to allow peripheral side surfaces of bottles resting on the at least one rack to face a front portion of the cellar.   
     
     
         2 . A shelving system according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one rack is a double-tiered rack; and wherein the at least one rack includes a pair of offsetting supporting portions, each offsetting supporting portion being configured for supporting corresponding bottles thereon, a first supporting portion of the at least one rack being disposed on a first level of the cellar, and a second supporting portion of the at least one rack being disposed on a second level of the cellar being different from the first level, said first and second levels being positioned at differing heights with the same double-tiered rack. 
     
     
         3 . A shelving system according to  claim 2 , wherein the first supporting portion of the at least one rack is positioned lower than the second supporting portion of the at least one rack; wherein a first side portion of the at least one rack is a left-side portion of the least one rack and wherein a second side portion of the at least one rack is a right-side portion of the at least one rack; and wherein a first lateral portion of the at least one rack is mountable onto a corresponding inner wall of the cellar. 
     
     
         4 . A shelving system according to  claim 3 , wherein a second lateral portion of the at least one rack is mountable onto a corresponding inner wall of the cellar; and wherein the first and second lateral portions of the at least one rack are respectively mountable onto different first and second inner walls of the cellar. 
     
     
         5 . A shelving system according to  claim 4 , wherein a first straight portion of the at least one rack is substantially extendable along a corresponding first horizontal plane of the cellar; wherein a second straight portion of the at least one rack is substantially extendable along a corresponding second horizontal plane of the cellar; wherein the first and second straight portions of the at least one rack are substantially extendable along corresponding different first and second horizontal planes respectively of the cellar; and wherein offsetting horizontal planes within the at least one rack are separated by an offsetting distance. 
     
     
         6 . A shelving system according to  claim 5 , wherein first and second body portions of the at least one rack are mechanically connected to one another via a corresponding connection assembly; wherein the shelving system includes at least one pattern of supporting rods defining offsetting first and second structural portions of the at least one rack, each structural portion being configured for supporting corresponding bottles thereon; wherein the at least one pattern of rods further defines the at least one recess provided about the at least one rack, each recess being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving a corresponding bottle, and each recess being disposed about the at least one rack, at an angle with respect to the operative directional axis of the at least one rack, so as to allow peripheral side surfaces of bottles resting on the at least one rack to face a front portion of the cellar; wherein a common section of rods is used for defining both first and second recesses on offsetting first and second structural portions of the at least one rack; and wherein the common section of rods is used for mechanically connecting together the offsetting first and second structural portions of the at least one rack. 
     
     
         7 . A shelving system according to  claim 2 , wherein a grouping of metallic rods being welded together is used to structurally define the at least one rack. 
     
     
         8 . A shelving system according to  claim 7 , wherein the shelving system comprises a plurality of different racks, each one being made of a corresponding grouping of metallic rods being welded together. 
     
     
         9 . A shelving system according to  claim 8 , wherein first and second recesses on offsetting first and second receiving portions of the at least one rack are positioned, shaped and sized so that necks of a pair of corresponding bottles placed respectively onto said first and second recesses overlap one another within the cellar about a central portion of the at least one rack. 
     
     
         10 . A shelving system according to  claim 9 , wherein the shelving system includes at least one sliding track mountable onto the given wall of the cellar and being configured for displacing the at least one rack in and out of the cellar. 
     
     
         11 . A shelving system according to  claim 10 , wherein the shelving system includes a pair of sliding tracks for displacing the at least one rack in and out of the cellar. 
     
     
         12 . A shelving system according to  claim 10 , wherein the shelving system includes a pair of distally-apart sliding tracks, each sliding track being mountable onto a corresponding wall of the cellar and being configured for displacing the at least one rack in and out of the cellar. 
     
     
         13 . A shelving system according to  claim 12 , wherein the at least one rack is fixedly connectable to a corresponding sliding track of the shelving system. 
     
     
         14 . A shelving system to be used in combination with a cellar for storing and displaying bottles within said cellar, the shelving system comprising:
 a plurality of racks for supporting and displaying bottles, each rack being mountable onto a given inner side wall of the cellar and being displaceable with respect to said given inner side wall so as to be displaced in and out of the cellar along an operative directional axis; and   at least one recess defined within each rack, each recess being positioned, shaped and sized for receiving a corresponding bottle, and each recess being disposed at an angle with respect to the operative directional axis of each rack, so as to allow peripheral side surfaces of bottles resting on the plurality of racks to face a front portion of the cellar;   wherein each rack of the plurality of racks includes a pair of offsetting supporting portions, each offsetting supporting portion being configured for supporting corresponding bottles thereon, a first supporting portion of each rack being disposed on a first level of the cellar, and a second supporting portion of each rack being disposed on a second level of the cellar being different from the first level, and wherein said offsetting first and second structural portions and associated recesses of each rack are positioned at differing heights within the same rack.   
     
     
         15 . A shelving system according to  claim 14 , wherein the cellar includes a contained space for receiving therein the plurality of racks and corresponding bottles, the contained space being accessible via a corresponding door operable between opened and closed configurations. 
     
     
         16 . A shelving system according to  claim 15 , wherein the door is a glass door for allowing a visual display of the bottles contained inside the cellar through said glass door. 
     
     
         17 . A shelving system according to  claim 16 , wherein the door is provided with a corresponding handle. 
     
     
         18 . A shelving system according to  claim 17 , wherein the door is a reversible door, so as to enable said door to be mounted and operated on a left side or a right side of the cellar. 
     
     
         19 . A shelving system according to  claim 16 , wherein the contained space of the cellar is insulated; wherein the contained space of the cellar is further temperature-regulated via a corresponding refrigerating assembly for refrigerating the bottles contained inside the cellar and to be displayed; and wherein the cellar is provided with a temperature indicator for indicating an inside temperature within the contained space of the cellar. 
     
     
         20 . A shelving system according to  claim 19 , wherein each rack is configured to have a bottle capacity of 12 bottles; and wherein each offsetting portion of each rack is configured to have a bottle capacity of 6 bottles.