Device for lifting a water bottle

A removable handle device for water bottles, said device being removably couplable to a neck of a water bottle, said device comprising:

• a pair of bars, each of said bars being elongate and having a first end and a second end, each of said bars having a generally planar side, said first ends of said bars being hingedly coupled together, said bars being positioned such that said planar side of the first of said bars is abuttable against said planar side of the second of said bars to define a closed position, each of said planar sides having a depression therein, each of said depressions being positioned generally midway between said first and second ends of said bars, each of said depressions generally having a semi-circular shape, wherein a circular bore is defined between said bars by said depressions when said bars are in said closed position;
• a coupling means for removably coupling said first bar to said second bar in said closed position;
• wherein said coupling means comprises a panel, said panel having a distal edge and a proximal edge, said panel being substantially planar, said distal edge being hingedly coupled to said second bar, said panel being located generally between said second end of said second bar and said depression in said second bar, said panel being positioned such that said panel may transverse said first and second bar when said bars are in said closed position, said panel being able to pivot in a direction orientated substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said second bar, said proximal edge of said panel having a lip thereon;
• and said first bar having an indentation therein, said indentation being positioned and adapted to removably receive said lip on said panel to define a locked position.

A removable handle device for water bottles, said device being removably couplable to a neck of a water bottle, said device comprising:

• a pair of bars, each of said bars being elongate and having a first end and a second end, each of said bars having an opposing side, said first ends of said bars being hingedly coupled together, said bars being positioned such that said opposing side of the first of said bars is generally abuttable against said opposing side of the second of said bars to define a closed position, each of said opposing sides having a depression therein, each of said depressions being positioned on said bars in a generally opposed condition when said bars are in said closed position, each of said depressions having a generally semi-circular shape such that a generally circular bore is defined between said bars by said depressions when said bars are in said closed position;
• each of said depressions in said bars having a slot extending therein, each of said bars having an opening extending between said slot and an opposite side of said bars with respect to said opposing sides;
• a gripping means for gripping the neck of the bottle, said gripping means comprising:
• a pair of blocks, each of said blocks having a back side and an arcuate front side, each of said blocks being slidably mounted in one of said slots such that said arcuate front sides face each other when said bars are in a closed position;
• and
• a pair of adjusting means for selectively adjusting positions of each of said blocks toward and away from each other in said depressions.