Keg storage assembly with securement hook
View Patent ↗A storage assembly for vertical storage of a plurality of beer kegs. The storage assembly includes a frame comprising two vertical members and a series of attached horizontal members to support vertically stored beer kegs. The storage assembly has an inferior shelf and a superior shelf. The superior horizontal frame member comprises a centrally attached hook having a part which is positioned through an aperture of the superior keg to provide secure positioning on the superior shelf.
1. A keg storage system comprising:
a storage assembly ( 10 );
the storage assembly ( 10 ) comprising a first vertical frame member ( 22 ), a second vertical frame member ( 22 ), an upper horizontal support member ( 24 ), an intermediate horizontal support member ( 24 ), a lower horizontal support member ( 24 ), a horizontal base ( 26 ), a first angled side support ( 28 ), a second angled side support ( 28 ), a lower horizontal shelf ( 30 ), an upper horizontal shelf ( 40 ) and a hook member ( 60 );
the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 ) being offset from each other;
the upper horizontal support member ( 24 ) being connected in between the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the intermediate horizontal support member ( 24 ) being connected in between the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the lower horizontal support member ( 24 ) being connected in between the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the intermediate horizontal support member ( 24 ) being located in between the upper horizontal support member ( 24 ) and the lower horizontal support member ( 24 );
the horizontal base ( 26 ) being connected in between the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the upper horizontal support member ( 24 ) and the horizontal base ( 26 ) being respectively located at two opposite ends of each of the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the lower horizontal support member ( 24 ) being located in between the intermediate horizontal support member ( 24 ) and the horizontal base ( 26 );
the first angled side support ( 28 ) being connected in between the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the horizontal base ( 26 );
the second angled side support ( 28 ) being connected in between the second vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the horizontal base ( 26 );
the lower horizontal shelf ( 30 ) being connected with the horizontal base ( 26 );
the lower horizontal shelf ( 30 ) being surrounded by the horizontal base ( 26 );
the upper horizontal shelf ( 40 ) being connected with the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the upper horizontal shelf ( 40 ) being adjacently located to the intermediate horizontal support member ( 24 );
the hook member ( 60 ) being connected with the upper horizontal support member ( 24 );
the hook member ( 60 ) being located at a medial portion of the upper horizontal support member ( 24 );
the horizontal base ( 26 ), the upper horizontal shelf ( 40 ) and the hook member ( 60 ) extending from each of the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 ) in the same direction;
the upper horizontal shelf ( 40 ) comprising a centering support member ( 42 ), a horizontal shelf body and a centering slot;
the centering support member ( 42 ) being connected in between the first vertical frame member ( 22 ) and the second vertical frame member ( 22 );
the centering support member ( 42 ) and the horizontal shelf body being connected with each other;
the centering slot being delineated by the centering support member ( 42 ) and the horizontal shelf body;
an upper keg ( 80 );
a lower keg ( 70 );
the upper keg ( 80 ) comprising an upper keg body and an upper keg aperture ( 82 , 84 );
the upper keg aperture ( 82 , 84 ) laterally traversing through the upper keg body;
the upper keg aperture ( 82 , 84 ) being formed on an upper portion of the upper keg body;
the upper keg aperture ( 82 , 84 ) being engaged with the hook member ( 60 );
a lower portion of the upper keg body being positioned on the horizontal shelf body;
the lower portion of the upper keg body being inserted into the centering slot;
the lower keg ( 70 ) comprising a lower keg body;
a lower portion of the lower keg body being positioned on the lower horizontal shelf ( 30 ); and
the lower horizontal shelf ( 30 ), the centering slot and the hook member ( 60 ) being vertically oriented to each other so as to render the upper keg ( 80 ) and the lower keg ( 70 ) vertically oriented to each other.