Rack for storing containers

Abstract

A rack for storing containers is disclosed. When storing empty food containers, a container body and a container lid are separated and stored. The lids of food containers are stacked in a lid storing box that is opened and closed within a casing body like a drawer. The container bodies of the food containers are stacked and stored in a container storing member formed at an upper side of the casing body, so that a large number of food containers can be stored in a shelf of a kitchen or a storing unit in safe.

1 . A rack for storing food containers, comprising: 
 an empty casing body with an upper side and one side of the same being opened;    a lid storing box that is slidably engaged at the casing body and is inserted or withdrawn into/from one opened side of the casing body like a drawer for storing the lids of the food containers;    a casing lid body that opens and closes the lid storing box and covers an opened upper side of the casing body; and    a container storing member that is engaged at an upper side of the casing lid body for storing at least one container body of the food container in a vertically stacked state and is formed in multiple rows.    
   
   
       2 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein inner and outer guide protrusions are protruded in parallel from both sides of a bottom upper surface of the casing body for forming a moving groove in a direction that the lid storing box is opened and closed; and a stopper protrusion is formed at a front end of the outer guide protrusion; a rail protrusion is protruded from both sides of a bottom lower surface of the lid storing box and is inserted between the inner and outer guide protrusions and slide along the moving groove; and an escape prevention protrusion that is protruded near a rear end of the rail protrusion and is engaged with the stopper protrusion.  
   
   
       3 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein said container storing member is rotatable on the casing lid body.  
   
   
       4 . The rack of either  claim 1  or  claim 3 , wherein said container storing member is rotatably supported by a plurality of balls inserted into a retainer with equivalent angles and shapes installed at a fixture fixed at an upper surface of the casing lid.  
   
   
       5 . The rack of  claim 4 , wherein said fixture is fixed by a plurality of engaging protrusions protruded upwards from an upper surface of a concave part in a state that a circular protrusion protruded from a lower side of the same is inserted in a horizontal shape between the inner and outer circular protrusions protruded upwards from the concave part formed downwards at the center of the casing lid body, and inner and outer circular protrusions are formed at an upper surface of the fixture for forming a retainer receiving circular groove for receiving the retainer.  
   
   
       6 . The rack of one among claims  1  through  3 , wherein a cylindrical part is protruded downwards from the center of a lower side of the container storing member, and a plurality of assembling protrusions are formed at a lower side of the cylindrical part and are rotatably inserted into an assembling hole formed at the center of the fixture, and a circular rotation member that is supported by a plurality of balls engaged at the retainer at a surrounding portion of the cylindrical part for thereby guiding a rotational operation of the container storing member.  
   
   
       7 . The rack of one among claims  1  through  3 , wherein said container fixtures formed in a pair are formed at an upper surface of the container storing member in multiple pairs symmetrically at an inner side of the entrance of the container body for thereby fixing the container bodies when the container bodies of the food containers are made upside down and are stored.  
   
   
       8 . The rack of one among claims  1  through  3 , wherein said container fixtures formed at an upper surface of the container storing member in multiple pairs are formed in a L-shape or an arc shape for effectively fixing the container bodies of the food containers having circular cross sections or rectangular sections.  
   
   
       9 . The rack of  claim 1 , wherein an escape prevention protrusion is protruded from a lower side of the casing lid body for preventing a lid storing box from being escaped from the casing body when opening the lid storing box.