Hanging rack for sports equipment

A sports equipment rack, for hanging on an upright surface, said sports equipment rack comprising:

• first and second side frame members, each said frame member having a main body section and a plurality of support arms projected outwardly, and angled upwardly, from said main body section;
• a plurality of retaining bars extending between said support arms, for retaining sports equipment, wherein said retaining bars are oriented in pairs, each said pair of retaining bars aligned in a plane forming an acute angle with respect to vertical, to thereby support sports equipment in an angular manner, with the sports equipment directed downwardly toward the upright surface;
• wherein said plurality of retaining bars includes at least two pairs of retaining bars, each pair of said plurality of retaining bars including a first retaining bar and a second retaining bar, wherein the distance between said first retaining bar and said second retaining bar of at least one of said pairs is different than the distance between said first retaining bar and said second retaining bar of at least one other of said pairs, and wherein each said pair of retaining bars is positioned such that sports equipment supported and resting on a pair of said retaining bars is spacially removed from said upright surface, and wherein at least one of said pairs of retaining bars is positioned such that a ball supported thereon which rolls into contact with the upright surface will roll back into a cradled position, on said pair of retaining bars, in which the ball does not contact the upright surface, wherein said first retaining bar of each said pair is positioned proximate an outer end of a corresponding pair of said support arms on said opposed side frame members and said second retaining bar of said each pair is positioned on said corresponding pair between said first retaining bar and said opposing side frame members wherein said first retaining bar of each said pair is oriented vertically lower than said second retaining bar of each said pair, wherein the distance between said first retaining bar and said second retaining bar of one of said pairs of retaining bars is within the range of 2.5-3.5 inches;
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• horizontal support member coupling said main body sections of said first and second frame members, said horizontal support member fixably attached to said first and second frame members at a position vertically lower than said plurality of said support arms.