Compact drying rack

A compact drying rack comprising:

• a substantially rectangular base section having a base perimeter top flange with a depending base perimeter outer skirt, a base perimeter inner skirt and a plurality of spaced-apart parallel base slats integral with the base perimeter inner skirt, the base perimeter top flange including front base receptacles and rear base receptacles adjacent a rear edge of the rectangular base section;
• first and second front leg members and first and second rear leg members that support the rectangular base section above a support surface;
• an upright support section removably connected to the rectangular base section by cantilever snap-fit connectors having front arch protrusions received in the front base receptacles and rear arch protrusions received in the rear base receptacles, the upright support section including a front support arch having a plurality of spaced-apart vertical support posts and a rear support arch having a plurality of spaced-apart vertical support posts, the front support arch being removably connected to the rear support arch by sliding engagement of a double tongue and groove connection that inhibits movement of the front support arch and the rear support arch with respect to the rectangular base section when the upright support section is connected to the rectangular base section by the cantilever snap-fit connectors;
• the double tongue and groove connection including a rear arch interlock tongue slidably received in a front arch interlock groove, the rear arch interlock tongue providing a rear arch interlock groove that slidably receives a front arch interlock tongue adjacent the front arch interlock groove.