Inverted bottle holder
OwnerAlexander K. Millerinventor
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Abstract
An inverted bottle holder intended to hold two bottles with necks upside down inside a container is described. The bottle holder includes a clip having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced to accept the exterior wall of the container in between, where the clip is formed at an arc corresponding to the arc of the exterior wall of the container, and a deck connected in a permanently fixed relationship to the clip and extending into the container. The deck includes two apertures each sized to accept the neck of one of the bottles, such that each bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture. In addition the bottle holder may include an integral bottle opener in either the single bottle or double bottle designs.
Claims19
An inverted bottle holder intended to hold a bottle with a neck upside down inside a container when attached thereto, the container having an exterior wall having an arc and oriented at an angle with respect to the vertical orientation of the container, the bottle holder comprising:
- a clip having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced to accept the exterior wall of the container in between, wherein the clip is formed at an arc corresponding to the arc of the exterior wall of the container;
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- a deck connected in a permanently fixed relationship to the clip and extending into the container, the deck including an aperture sized to accept the neck of the bottle, such that the bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture;
- wherein the deck further includes a bottle opener between the clip and the aperture.
A bottle holder intended to hold a beer bottle having a neck inverted in a margarita glass, the margarita glass having an arc and an exterior wall oriented at an angle with respect to a vertical orientation of the margarita glass, the bottle holder comprising:
- a deck extending into an interior of the margarita glass, the deck including an aperture sized to receive the neck of the beer bottle;
- a bottle opener located in the deck adjacent to the aperture;
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- a clip integrally formed in a permanently fixed relationship with the deck, the clip including an outer wall and an inner wall spaced to receive the exterior wall of the margarita glass, wherein the clip is curved at a same arc as the margarita glass and is formed at an angle to the deck corresponding to the angle of the exterior wall of the margarita glass.
A method for holding a beer bottle inverted in an interior of a margarita glass, the margarita glass having an arc and an exterior wall oriented at an angle with respect to a vertical orientation of the margarita glass, the method comprising:
- sliding a bottle holder onto a rim of the margarita glass, the bottle holder comprising:
- a deck extending into the interior of the margarita glass, the deck including an aperture sized to receive a neck of the beer bottle and a bottle opener adjacent the aperture;
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- a clip integrally formed in a permanently fixed relationship with the deck, the clip including an outer wall and an inner wall spaced to receive the exterior wall of the margarita glass;
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- inserting a neck of the beer bottle into aperture of the deck such that the bottle holder holds the beer bottle inverted in the interior of the margarita glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.