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A wine rack has no fasteners or adhesives at the three-dimensional joints, but rather the joints are all formed so that the three intersecting cross pieces interlock in such a way that a tight joint construction occurs strictly by virtue of the way the members are cut in the joint region, and the wa

A wine rack has no fasteners or adhesives at the three-dimensional joints, but rather the joints are all formed so that the three intersecting cross pieces interlock in such a way that a tight joint construction occurs strictly by virtue of the way the members are cut in the joint region, and the way in which the members are interlocked. The interlocking and connecting of cubic cells provides a rigid structure capable of accepting loads in any direction and allowing the rack to be mounted in any orientation, with single point wall mounting possible wherein the rack can withstand full loading with no distortion. The modular cell configuration is adapted to the construction of lattice beams and other arrangements besides wine racks.

대표청구항 ▼

A wine rack comprising: (a) a reticulated lattice defining orthogonal X, Y, and Z directions; (b) said lattice being comprised of a plurality of elongated structrual members formed into an X-directional parallel array, a Y-directional parallel array, and a Z-directional parallel array; (c) said para

A wine rack comprising: (a) a reticulated lattice defining orthogonal X, Y, and Z directions; (b) said lattice being comprised of a plurality of elongated structrual members formed into an X-directional parallel array, a Y-directional parallel array, and a Z-directional parallel array; (c) said parallel arrays intersecting one another to define a plurality of six-member joints between said elongated structural members and each of said joints including two of said members from each of said X-, Y-, and Z-directional arrays to form said six-member joint, said six-member joint having three elongated structural members that are only full notched, said full notch being substantially equal to two times the cross-sectional area of each of the three elongated members, two of said members having similar full notches and also having an additional half notch, said half notch being formed at ninety degrees to the full notch and substantially at mid-span of the full notch, the sixth elongated structural member having no notches at said joint and is the key post that holds the remaining five members together as a joint; and, (d) each of said joints comprising an interlocking joint held together by the interlocking configurations of the elongated structural members themselves such that said lattice is rigid and completely integral without the use of blocks or sockets at the joints, or the use of fasteners or glue at any of the joints.