US 6,684,922 B1 · Container drainer holder

Abstract

A holder for draining a viscous fluid from a bottle, of the type having a neck and a mouth, is disclosed. This holder comprises a base having an outer perimeter, a plurality of elongated, support members that extend from the base's outer perimeter and are foldable upward so that their ends approach each other at a point on an axis which extends perpendicular to the bottom of the base. The ends of the support members are flared and concaved outward so that these portion cooperate to form a structure, when the support members are folded upward, for receiving the neck of a bottle that is inverted and placed in the holder. The members are held in their upward folded positions by an elastic band which is placed around the outside of the support members in the vicinity of their concave outward portions.

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Dependent claims

A holder for draining a viscous fluid from a bottle having a neck and a mouth, said holder comprising:

a base having a flat bottom surface and an outer perimeter,
a plurality of elongated, support members, each of which has a distal end and an end that is connected at a contact point along said base outer perimeter,
a means for hinging located at said member contacts points with base outer perimeter so as to allow each said member to be folded upward about its contact point with said base so that said distal ends approach each other at a point on a vertical axis that extends perpendicular to and above the plane defined by the bottom of said base, and
a means for holding said distal ends in their hinged upward position so to enable said distal ends to form a structure for receiving the neck of said bottle when said bottle is inverted and placed in said holder.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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