IP Library Granted Patent US 10,631,711
Granted Patent B2
US 10,631,711 · App. 15/439,756 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Modular bottle rack

Inventors: Steven Bryan Dunn (Beverly Hills, CA); Mark A. Hatherill (Beverly Hills, CA); Yong Sun Simon Kang (Pasadena, CA); Mark Gerard Tebbe (Ventura, CA)
Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
A47L19/02
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Patent No.
US 10,631,711
App. No.
15/439,756
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottle rack is provided. For example, a bottle rack can include a reservoir, a perforated tray and a first pivot housing member. The reservoir is for retention of a liquid. The perforated tray can enable the liquid to pass through to the reservoir. The first pivot housing member includes a first peg to hold an article. The first pivot housing member comprises an axle within the first pivot housing member. The first peg is rotatable via the axle.

Claims (24)

1. A portable apparatus, comprising:

a reservoir for retention of liquid;

a perforated tray extending planar over the reservoir to enable the liquid to pass through to the reservoir; and

a first pivot housing member comprising a mount on a surface of the first pivot housing member, the mount having at least one post, the pivot housing member further comprising a first peg to hold an article, wherein the first pivot housing member comprises an axle within the first pivot housing member, and wherein the first peg is rotatable via the axle;

wherein the first pivot housing member is modular and adapted to be removably connected by the at least one post extending into at least one perforation disposed substantially orthogonal to the extending plane of the perforated tray in a plurality of positions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir comprises an elevating post to position the perforated tray.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the perforated tray comprises a mounting hole to accommodate the mount.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a second pivot housing member, wherein the first pivot housing member and the second pivot housing member are parallel.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second pivot housing member comprises a second peg to hold another article.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first peg comprises a first height and the second peg comprises a second height, and wherein the first height and the second height are different heights.

7. A portable apparatus, comprising:

a reservoir that retains a liquid;

a perforated tray extending planar over the reservoir that allows the liquid to pass through to the reservoir; and

a first modular pivot housing member, comprising:

a base comprising at least one support mount having at least one post adapted to be removably connected to the perforated tray; wherein the first pivot housing member is adapted to be removably connected orthogonally into the extending plane of the perforated tray in a plurality of positions and

a peg structure, comprising:

an axle rotatably connected to the base; and

a first peg extending from the axle and adapted to hold an item to be drip dried,

wherein the first peg is rotatable via the axle between a first upright open position and a second compacted storage position.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the reservoir comprises an elevating post to position the perforated tray.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the perforated tray comprises a mounting hole to accommodate the at least one support mount.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising: a second modular pivot housing member, wherein the first modular pivot housing member and the second modular pivot housing member are parallel.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second modular pivot housing member comprises a second peg that holds another item.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first peg comprises a first height and the second peg comprises a second height, and wherein the first height and the second height are different heights.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: MUNCHKIN, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070740/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2017
From: DUNN, STEVEN BRYAN; KANG, YOUG SUN SIMON; HATHERILL, MARK A.; TEBBE, MARK GERARD
To: MUNCHKIN, IN
Reel/Frame 041531/0760 →