Raymond G Carter

US Patent:

6684922, Feb 3, 2004

Filed:

Aug 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/210999

Inventors:

Shirley M.C. Alston - Glen Burnie MD 21060
Raymond E. Carter - Glen Burnie MD 21060

International Classification:

B67C 900

US Classification:

141375, 141364, 211 74, 211 85, 2481453, 248146, 248150, 2483113, 2221811, 2221851

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 bases 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.