Rack for storing and displaying bottles

A rack for storing and displaying bottles of the type having a) a generally cylindrical body with a first diameter and an identifying label thereon and b) a generally cylindrical neck with a diameter less than the body diameter, said rack comprising:

• first and second spaced walls,
• there being a first opening through the first wall with a diameter less than the diameter of the body of the bottle and a second opening through the second wall with a diameter greater than the diameter of the body of the bottle;
• a third wall connecting the first and second walls so as to define a unitary structure with said first and second walls, said unitary structure having a top, bottom, front and rear;
• means on the bottom of the unitary structure for supporting the unitary structure in a free standing upright position on a horizontal subjacent support surface,
• said bottom supporting means comprising a continuous first edge on the first, second and third walls that resides in a first plane;
• whereby with said unitary structure in an upright position on said first edge, a bottle can be directed neck first through the second opening and into the first opening to a display position so that the bottom is supported cooperatively by the first and second walls in a substantially horizontal position wherein at least part of the body of the bottle and the identifying label thereon is visible between said first and second walls from the front of the unitary structure;
• and
• means on the top of the unitary structure for supporting the unitary structure in a free standing inverted position on a horizontal subjacent support surface,
• said top supporting means comprising a continuous second edge on the first, second, and third walls that resides in a second plane,
• whereby with a bottle in the display position and the unitary structure in the inverted position on said second edge, the bottom is in a substantially horizontal position,
• said third wall being translucent, extending substantially continuously and uninterruptedly between the first and second walls and the first and second planes and defining a planar rear surface on which the rack can be supported,
• said first, second and third walls having a one-piece construction,
• whereby bottles on the rack can be displayed selectively in any of three different positions.