Modular pickleball paddle queue sliding rack
OwnerBrian William Flynninventor
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Abstract
A sliding pickleball paddle queue rack for storing paddles and quickly and easily updating the queue may include an elongate rack with a channel extending into and along a greatest length thereof; and a plurality of paddle caddies slidably positioned within the channel, each paddle caddy of the plurality of paddle caddies configured to securely accommodate placement of a plurality of paddles therein, wherein the plurality of paddle caddies are designed to freely slide along a length of the channel.
Claims10
A sliding pickleball paddle queue rack for storing paddles and updating the queue, the sliding pickleball paddle queue rack comprising:
- an elongate rack with a channel extending into and along a greatest length thereof;
- and
- a plurality of paddle caddies slidably positioned within the channel, each paddle caddy of the plurality of paddle caddies configured to securely accommodate placement of a plurality of paddles therein,
- wherein:
- the plurality of paddle caddies are designed to freely slide along a length of the channel;
- each paddle caddy of the plurality of paddle caddies comprises a carriage with a first end, a second end, and an open top, defining a paddle storage area;
- each carriage is sized to accommodate placement of a plurality of paddles therein;
- each carriage comprises a grouping of a plurality of cylindrical members attached in a line, each cylindrical member being hollow with a closed bottom and sized to accommodate insertion of one paddle handle therein.
A sliding pickleball paddle queue rack for storing paddles and updating the queue, the sliding pickleball paddle queue rack comprising:
- an elongate rack with a channel extending into and along a greatest length thereof;
- and
- a plurality of paddle caddies slidably positioned within the channel, each paddle caddy of the plurality of paddle caddies configured to securely accommodate placement of a plurality of paddles therein,
- wherein:
- the plurality of paddle caddies are each designed to freely slide along a length of the channel;
- the elongate rack comprises a plurality of rack sections removably engaged to one another;
- each rack section of the plurality of rack sections comprising:
- a base;
- and
- two sidewalls extending upward from opposite edges of the base,
- a first end of each rack section has a center tab extending outward from the sidewalls;
- a second end of each rack section has a central notch cut therein, the central notch sized to accommodate insertion of a center tab from an adjacent rack section therein;
- and
- a fastener attaches the two rack sections through the sidewalls of the first section and the center tab of a second section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.