Support device for holding a bottle in suspended relationship

Claim 1

A bottle supporting device for supporting a bottle which includes a body, a neck atop said body, a shoulder connecting said neck to said body, and an annular rib encircling said neck and spaced from said shoulder, said device comprising a skirt adapted for encircling said body, and a handle on said skirt to permit the manipulation of said bottle, said skirt being a shaped wall provided with a keyhole-like opening to permit the penetration of said neck and annular rib and including a portion to be entrapped between said rib and shoulder of said bottle to secure said skirt beneath said rib, said opening including first and second connected sections, said first section being larger than said second section, to permit the passage of the annular rib as the device is mounted atop said bottle, said second section being small enough to prevent passage of said rib there through and thus to prevent disengagement of the skirt from the bottle, the skirt and second section being concentric, the first section being displaced from the second section and said handle and first and second sections being rectilinearly aligned, the skirt having a cut-away portion so that the skirt can be tilted while being mounted on the bottle whereby the neck and annular rib can pass through said first section of said opening, said skirt being of a shape which is adapted to extend along and lie against at least about one-quarter of said body adjacent the shoulder and at a position opposite said handle whereby to support said bottle and prevent deformation thereof during a pouring out of contents of the bottle, the tilting of the skirt enabling said first and second sections of the keyhole-like opening to be brought respectively into registration with the neck of said bottle.