Portable wine bottle carrier

Abstract

A portable wine bottle carrier is characterized by a tote bag having a non-rigid bottom and sides and an open top, and a cushion divider for dividing the interior of the bag into two vertical compartments suitable for receipt of a wine bottle in each whereby bottles carried in the bag in the compartments are maintained in spaced, cushioned relationship. In one form of carrier, the cushion divider consists of a flexible padded tongue secured at its lower end to the bottom of the bag, which divides the bag into the vertical compartments or alternatively the divider may be adjusted or positioned to the side to accommodate a single wine bottle of standard or larger size. Also with the use of a larger size wine bottle, the tongue may be folded upon itself and on the bottom of the bag to provide a padded base support for the bottle. In another form of carrier, the cushion divider consists of an inverted T-shape cardboard insert. The stem of the insert divides the interior of the bag into the compartments whereas the base of the insert provides a cushioned bottom support for the bottles received in the compartments. In still another form of carrier, a vertical tongue dividing the interior of the bag into two compartments is secured to the sides of the bag along its vertical edges and has a top extension forming a flap or cover for one of the compartments. In any case, the bag is dimensioned to accommodate two regular standard size wine bottles in side by side relationship or a single standard or larger size wine bottle with the divider being adjusted or positioned to the side, folded onto the bottom of the bag or removed as required.

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