Mobile support assembly for holding and transporting a container

A transportable support assembly (1′) configured to load and securely hold a neck of a container (11), said transportable support assembly (1′), comprising:

• a cage-like enclosure (29) comprising a first side, a second side and a first end and a second end;
• a clamping mechanism affixed to the first end or the second end of the cage-like enclosure, said clamping mechanism comprising a pivotable portion (31) and a complementary fixed portion (32) engaged to the pivotable portion (31), said pivotable portion (31) movable between a closed position, a first open position and a second open position;
• wherein said closed position is defined as the pivotable portion (31) abutted with the complementary fixed portion (32) to form an opening for securing the neck of the container (11) within the opening, said opening of the closed position further characterized as having a protruded section (48) along each of the inner surfaces of the pivotable portion (31) and the complimentary fixed portion (32) which are adapted to engage with a recessed region (47) of the neck of the container (11), respectively;
• wherein said first open position is sized to allow the neck of the container (11) to be mounted therewithin or dismounted from therewithin;
• wherein said second open position is smaller than the first open position and sized to receive the neck of the container (11) to rotate therewithin while remaining substantially upright.

An adjustable clamping mechanism for securing an end of a container, comprising:

• an adjustable clamp (28) comprising a stationary portion (32) and a pivotable portion (32);
• the stationary portion (32) operably connected to a plate(14);
• the pivotable portion (31) having a single point of attachment (38) to the stationary portion (32);
• a latch (17) operably connected to the pivotable portion (31), said latch (17) comprising arms (75);
• a latch keeper (76) operably connected to the stationary portion (32);
• the pivotable portion (31) configured to move into a fully engaged and closed position characterized by arms (75) interlocked with the keeper (76) whereby the stationary portion (32) is abutted against the pivotable portion (31) so as to create an internal opening of the adjustable clamp (28) that is fully enclosed by the stationary portion (32) and pivotable portion (31) both of which create a protruded section(48) into the internal opening that is sized to lock the end of container (11);
• the pivotable portion (31) configured to move into a first disengaged position characterized by arms (75) fully removed from latch keeper (76) so to create the adjustable clamp (28) having a first open position for receiving and mounting the neck of the container into the first open position;
• the pivotable portion (31) configured to move into a second disengaged position characterized by arms (75) partially or fully removed from the latch keeper (76) so to create the adjustable clamp (28) having a second open position defined at least in part by a restrictor (24) operably connected to the pivtoable portion (32) and the stationary portion (32), said restrictor (24) limiting the amount that the pivotable portion (31) pivots away from the stationary portion (32) to create the second open position for allowing the neck of the container (11) to rotate within the second open position while remaining substantially upright.