Claims
- 1. A portable device for holding a liquid container comprising:
a substantially rigid vertical handle manually graspable by a user, the vertical handle having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end having a rounded configuration to prevent a hand of the user from sliding up the vertical handle; a substantially rigid top container gripping member extending horizontally from the upper end of the vertical handle, the top container gripping member being substantially C-shaped; and a substantially rigid bottom container gripping member extending horizontally from the lower end of the vertical handle, the bottom gripping member being substantially oval shaped.
- 2. The device of claim 1 wherein the top gripping member further comprises winged members coupled to each end of the substantially rigid top container gripping member and angled away from an opening of the substantially C-shaped substantially rigid top container gripping member for guiding a neck of the liquid container into the substantially rigid top container gripping member.
- 3. The device of claim 2 wherein the bottom container gripping member is sized to engage the substantially cylindrical body of the liquid container.
- 4. The device of claim 1 wherein the top container gripping member and the bottom container gripping member are identically oriented.
- 5. The device of claim 1 further comprising a gripping surface formed in an interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member.
- 6. The device of claim 1 further comprising a gripping surface formed in an interior area of the substantially rigid bottom container gripping member.
- 7. The device of claim 1 further comprising a gripping surface formed in an interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member and an interior area of the substantially rigid bottom container gripping member.
- 8. The device of claim 7 wherein the gripping surface is a plurality of ridges formed in the interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member and the interior area of the substantially rigid bottom container gripping member.
- 9. The device of claim 7 wherein the gripping surface is a rubberized surface formed in the interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member and the interior area of the substantially rigid bottom container gripping member.
- 10. A portable device for holding a liquid container comprising:
a substantially rigid vertical handle manually graspable by a user, the vertical handle having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end having a rounded configuration to prevent a hand of the user from sliding up the vertical handle; a substantially rigid top container gripping member extending horizontally from the upper end of the vertical handle, the top container gripping member being substantially square-shaped; and a substantially rigid base container holding member extending horizontally from the lower end of the vertical handle, the base container holding member having a substantially square-shaped configuration, a bottom rim support surface extending out from the substantially square-shaped wall configuration to support the liquid container.
- 11. The device of claim 10 wherein the liquid container is a carton having a substantially rectangular body and a substantially square bottom.
- 12. The device of claim 10 wherein the top container gripping member is sized to engage a body of the carton.
- 13. The device of claim 10 wherein the base container holding member is shaped to receive and support a bottom portion of the carton.
- 14. The device of claim 10 wherein the top container gripping member and the base container holding member are identically oriented, such that a carton extends through the top container gripping member and is received in the base container holding member whereby the carton is securely held as it is tilted.
- 15. The device of claim 10 further comprising a gripping surface formed in an interior area of the substantially rigid base container holding member.
- 16. The device of claim 10 further comprising a gripping surface formed in an interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member.
- 17. The device of claim 10 further comprising a gripping surface formed in an interior area of the substantially rigid base container holding member and in an interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member.
- 18. The device of claim 17 wherein the gripping surface is a plurality of ridges formed in the interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member and the interior area of the substantially rigid bottom container gripping member.
- 19. The device of claim 17 wherein the gripping surface is a rubberized surface formed in the interior area of the substantially rigid top container gripping member and the interior area of the substantially rigid bottom container gripping member.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application entitled “PORTABLE DEVICE FOR HOLDING A LIQUID CONTAINER” having a Ser. No. of 10/404,030, filed Apr. 2, 2003, in the names of the same inventors.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Parent |
10404030 |
Apr 2003 |
US |
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10832842 |
Apr 2004 |
US |