Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
265 words
A reusable bottle holder that attaches to a bottle having a bottle neck that incorporates an annular neck flange, where said holder comprises: (a) a front bottle support having an upper end and a lower end, (b) a handle having an upper end and a lower end, and (c) a horizontal section including a planar surface having a front end contiguous with the upper end of said front bottle support and a back end contiguous with the upper end of said handle with said horizontal section having on its planar surface: (1) a bottle neck aperture, located nearest the handle side, having a diameter greater than the diameter of the bottle's annular neck flange, (2) a bottle neck locking aperture longitudinally aligned with said bottle neck aperture and having a section of its inward circumference that intersects with the inward circumference of said bottle neck aperture where at the two intersection points of said bottle neck locking aperture, a central angle is formed by the remaining circumference of said bottle neck locking aperture that is greater than 180-degrees and that terminates in a pair of locking flanges projections dispersed at a distance that is less than the diameter of the bottle neck immediately below the bottle's annular neck flange, and an annular neck flange channel recessed from a top surface of said horizontal section immediately below the remaining circumference of said bottle neck locking aperture where the width and thickness of said channel allows the channel to encompass and retain the bottle's annular neck flange when the bottle neck enters the bottle neck locking aperture.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
265 words
A reusable bottle holder that attaches to a bottle having a bottle neck that incorporates an annular neck flange, where said holder comprises: (a) a front bottle support having an upper end and a lower end, (b) a handle having an upper end and a lower end, and (c) a horizontal section including a planar surface having a front end contiguous with the upper end of said front bottle support and a back end contiguous with the upper end of said handle with said horizontal section having on its planar surface: (1) a bottle neck aperture, located nearest the handle side, having a diameter greater than the diameter of the bottle's annular neck flange, (2) a bottle neck locking aperture longitudinally aligned with said bottle neck aperture and having a section of its inward circumference that intersects with the inward circumference of said bottle neck aperture where at the two intersection points of said bottle neck locking aperture, a central angle is formed by the remaining circumference of said bottle neck locking aperture that is greater than 180-degrees and that terminates in a pair of locking flanges projections dispersed at a distance that is less than the diameter of the bottle neck immediately below the bottle's annular neck flange, and an annular neck flange channel recessed from a top surface of said horizontal section immediately below the remaining circumference of said bottle neck locking aperture where the width and thickness of said channel allows the channel to encompass and retain the bottle's annular neck flange when the bottle neck enters the bottle neck locking aperture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The holder as specified in claim 1 further comprising a front strengthening rib centrally extending from the bottom surface of said horizontal section and partially along the inside surface of said front bottle support.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The holder as specified in claim 2 further comprising a back strengthening rib centrally extending from the bottom of said horizontal section and partially along the inside surface of said handle section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The holder as specified in claim 1 further comprising along the bottom plane of said front bottle support a bottle grasping tip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The holder as specified in claim 1 wherein on the inside portion of said handle section is configured with a finger grip contour.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The holder as specified in claim 3 further comprising an aperture reinforcing lip located around said bottle neck aperture and said bottle neck locking aperture where the front and back outer section of said lip is contiguous with the inward tip of said front strengthening rib and the inward tip of said back strengthening rib respectively.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The front strengthening rib as specified in claim 2 wherein the inside longitudinal contour of said rib is contoured to fit the side contour of a bottle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The holder as specified in claim 1 wherein the lower end of said front bottle support radiused to fit the rounded surface contour of a bottle.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The holder as specified in claim 1 wherein the entire holder is integrally formed.