Adjustable angle wall mounted rack

Claim 1

An adjustable angle wall mounted rack comprising: a first vertical member securable to a wall surface; a second vertical member securable to the wall surface; a plurality of shelf means extending between the vertical members for receiving and supporting rectangular objects relative to the vertical members; and, a plurality of adjustment means for coupling each respectively opposed end of each of the shelf means to the respective vertical member and for permitting angular adjustment of the shelf means about a horizontal axis directed orthogonally through the vertical members such that upper rear edges of the rectangular objects can be positioned into abutting engagement with the wall surface, wherein each of the shelf means comprises an elongated horizontal shelf member having a first longitudinal edge spaced from a second longitudinal edge; an elongated vertical shelf member having a first longitudinal edge spaced from a second longitudinal edge coupled at the first longitudinal edge thereof to the first longitudinal edge of the elongated horizontal shelf member, wherein the vertical shelf member is coupled to the horizontal shelf member such that the vertical shelf member projects substantially orthogonally therefrom, and wherein the adjustment means comprises a pivot fastener directed through the respective vertical member which engages the shelf means proximal to a juncture of the elongated horizontal shelf member and the vertical shelf member to pivotally couple the shelf means relative thereto; the vertical members being shaped so as to define an arcuate slot directed through the respective vertical member proximal to the pivot fastener, the arcuate slot being characterized as having a radius of curvature equal to a distance between the arcuate slot and the pivot fastener such that the arcuate slot is concentrically positioned relative to the pivot fastener; and a locking fastener directed through the arcuate slot and releasably engaged to the horizontal member.