Extensible shelf and rack assembly

Claim 1

AN EXTENSIBLE SHELF AND RACK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A WALL; A PAIR OF HINGE BAR MEMBERS CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SAID HINGE BAR MEMBERS EACH COMPRISING A FIRST PART FIXEDLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND HAVING A FREE END AND A SECOND PART PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FREE END OF SAID FIRST PART; AND A PLURALITY OF CROSS MEMBERS SUPPORTED ON SAID HINGE BAR MEMBERS, SAID CROSS MEMBERS HAVING A COMBINED WIDTH WHICH IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF A FIRST PART OF A HINGE BAR MEMBER, WHEREBY IN A FIRST MODE OF USE, ALL THE CROSS MEMBERS ARE SUPPORTED ON SAID FIRST PARTS OF SAID HINGE BAR MEMBERS TO DEFINE A SHELF AND THE SECOND PARTS OF THE HINGE BAR MEMBERS ARE PIVOTED TO A POSITION ADJACENT THE CROSS MEMBERS FURTHEST FROM THE WALL AND IN A SECOND MODE OF USE, THE SECOND PARTS OF THE HINGE BAR MEMBERS ARE PIVOTED INTO ALIGNMENT WITH A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE FIRST PARTS OF THE HINGE BAR MEMBERS AND THE CROSS MEMBERS ARE SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER ON BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND PARTS OF THE HINGE BAR MEMBERS TO DEFINE A DRYING RACK.