Bottle Rack with Angled Cantilevered Bars for Label-Forward Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional label forward bottle racks are inefficient in space usage, require replacement of support bars for different bottle sizes, and obstruct label visibility when storing multiple bottles, with perpendicularly extending support bars being awkward for transport and storage.
Innovation Solution
A bottle rack design featuring cantilevered support bars at an acute angle from a panel, allowing for linear bottle support and efficient storage, with offset bars to maintain bottle labels' visibility and adaptable to various bottle sizes, using a combination of slots and fasteners for secure mounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If support bars extend perpendicularly from the panel, then bottles can be supported, but space usage becomes inefficient and label visibility is obstructed when storing multiple bottles
Solution Approach 1:
The support bars are angled at approximately 45 degrees relative to the panel surface, changing the spatial dimension of bottle support from perpendicular to diagonal. This angular configuration allows bottles to be positioned at an incline, improving space utilization and maintaining label visibility by orienting labels toward the front of the rack rather than being obscured by perpendicular bar arrangements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional support bars are used, then bottles can be supported, but replacement is required for different bottle sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The support bars are designed with a universal geometry that can accommodate multiple bottle sizes and shapes. The angled configuration and dimensional proportions allow the same support bar design to effectively support various bottle types, eliminating the need for size-specific replacement bars and simplifying the overall system.
3Ease of operation
If perpendicularly extending support bars are used, then bottles can be supported, but transport and storage become awkward
Solution Approach 1:
By changing the support bar orientation from perpendicular to angled at approximately 45 degrees, the overall rack profile becomes more compact and ergonomic. This angular configuration improves the center of gravity distribution and reduces the protruding dimensions, making the rack easier to handle, transport, and store without compromising bottle support capability.
Data Source
AI summary
A bottle rack includes a panel that has a front surface and an opposing back surface, and support bars cantilevered from the panel and extending from the front surface. Each of the support bars has a linear bottle supporting portion that is positioned, and that is at an acute angle, relative to the front surface such that at least two of the support bars can support a bottle while forcing the bottle against the front surface. The rack may be a “label forward” rack. Additionally, the various joints, grooves, and slots used to join the support bars to the panel may also be used to join any the support bars and panels of any suitable bottle rack.