Portable barrel rack

A portable barrel rack configured to store at least one barrel therein, comprising:

• a) a lower rectangular frame having
• at least three lower side beams, each lower side beam having a top side, a bottom side, at least one interior side, a first end portion and an opposed second end portion,
• the lower rectangular frame further having at least four lower end beams, each lower end beam having a top side, a bottom side, a first end and an opposed second end;
• wherein the first end of a first lower end beam from said at least four lower end beams is attached to the first end portion of a first lower side beam from said at least three lower side beams on an interior side of the first lower side beam and the opposed second end of the first lower end beam is attached to the first end portion of a second lower side beam from said at least three lower side beams on a first interior side of the second lower side beam,
• wherein the first end of a second lower end beam from said at least four lower end beams is attached to the opposed second end portion of the first lower side beam on the interior side of the first lower side beam and the opposed second end of the second lower end beam is attached to the opposed second end portion of the second lower side beam on the first interior side of the second lower side beam,
• wherein the first end of a third lower end beam from said at least four lower end beams is attached to the first end portion of the second lower side beam on a second interior side of the second lower side beam and the opposed second end of the third lower end beam is attached to the first end portion of a third lower side beam from said at least three lower side beams on a first interior side of the third lower side beam,
• wherein the first end of a fourth lower end beam from said at least four lower end beams is attached to the opposed second end portion of the second lower side beam on the second interior side of the second lower side beam and the opposed second end of the fourth lower end beam is attached to the opposed second end portion of the third lower side beam on the interior side of the third lower side beam,
• the at least three lower side beams being in a parallel relationship and transverse to the lower end beams thereby forming the lower rectangular frame;
• b) a plurality of posts, each of the lower side beams having a first post from said plurality of posts is attached thereto and extends upward from its top side at its first end portion and a second post from said plurality of posts is attached thereto and extends upward from its top side at its opposed second end portion, the posts being in a parallel relationship and having the same length, each post having a post top end and a plurality of beam mounting areas along the sides of each post and adjacent to the post top end, the side of each post having at least one interior side;
• c) an upper rectangular frame having
• at least three upper side beams, each upper side beam having a first end and an opposed second end,
• the upper rectangular frame further having at least four upper end beams, each upper end beam having a first end and an opposed second end;
• wherein the first end of a first upper side beam from said at least three upper side beams is attached to a first beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the first lower side beam and the opposed second end of the first upper side beam is attached to a first beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the first lower side beam;
• wherein the first end of a second upper side beam from said at least three upper side beams is attached to a first beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the second lower side beam and the opposed second end of the upper side beam is attached to a first beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the second lower side beam;
• wherein the first end of a third upper side beam from said at least three upper side beams is attached to a first beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the second lower side beam and the opposed second end of the upper side beam is attached to a first beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the second lower side beam;
• wherein the first end of a first upper end beam from said at least four upper end beams is attached to a second beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the first lower side beam and the opposed second end of the first upper end beam is attached to a second beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the second lower side beam;
• and
• wherein the first end of a second upper end beam from said at least four upper end beams is attached to a second beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the first lower side beam and the opposed second end of the second upper end beam is attached to a second beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the second lower side beam thereby forming the upper rectangular frame;
• wherein the first end of a third upper end beam from said at least four upper end beams is attached to a third beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the second lower side beam and the opposed second end of the third upper end beam is attached to a second beam mounting area of the first post that is attached to the third lower side beam;
• and
• wherein the first end of a fourth upper end beam from said at least four upper end beams is attached to a third beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the second lower side beam and the opposed second end of the fourth upper end beam is attached to a second beam mounting area of the second post that is attached to the second lower side beam thereby forming the upper rectangular frame;
• d) a plurality of dunnage rails,
• wherein a first dunnage rail from said plurality of dunnage rails is attached on an interior side of the first and second posts that are attached to the first lower side beam and wherein a second dunnage rail from said plurality of dunnage rails is attached on a first interior side of the first and second posts that are attached to the second lower side beam, the first and second dunnage rails facing each other;
• wherein a third dunnage rail from said plurality of dunnage rails is attached on an interior side of the first and second posts that are attached to the third lower side beam and wherein a fourth dunnage rail from said plurality of dunnage rails is attached on a second interior side of the first and second posts that are attached to the second lower side beam, the third and fourth dunnage rails facing each other;
• wherein the first, second, third, and fourth dunnage rails are in a parallel relationship to each other and above the first, second, third, and second lower side beams, respectively, and at a same first height thereabove;
• e) wherein legs extend downward from the bottom sides of the first, second, third, and fourth lower end beams and from the bottom sides of the first, second, and third lower side beams underneath their portions where the posts are attached;
• wherein each first post has at least one first downward sloping groove therein located on each first post, the grooves in the first posts attached to the first and second lower side beams having a first removable slat therein, the slat extending between these first posts, the grooves in the first posts attached to the second and third lower side beams having a second removable slat therein, the slat extending between these first posts;
• wherein each second post is free from any downward sloping grooves therein and the second posts are free of any slats thereon;
• wherein, when in use, the first and second slats are configured to be removed from the downward sloping grooves so that the at least one barrel can be inserted within the portable barrel rack.