At parties or other types of events, attendees often bring wine to be shared by the participants of the event. Oftentimes, attendees also bring glasses in which to serve the wine. When served to participants at the event, an attendee obtains a glass and wine is poured in the glass.
Sometimes individuals go to events that are outside, for example. To the event, the individual may desire to bring wine. However, at the event no wine glasses are available.
The present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The elements of the drawings are not necessarily to scale relative to each other, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Furthermore, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The present disclosure describes a wine bottle and glass carrier in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wine bottle and glass carrier comprises a generally cylindrical housing that is coupled on an open end to a handle. On the outer surface of the housing is one or more cavities configured to retain one or more glasses. Within the housing is a chamber, and the chamber comprises a removable member. The removeable member comprises a generally cylindrical hollow container for holding a bottle of wine. Coupled to the generally cylindrical hollow container are generally rectangular extensions that extend from the top of the container to the bottom of the container. The extensions extend from the container and comprise a coupling means that couple the extensions to an inside surface of the housing in order to keep the container upright during transport.
The wine bottle and glass carrier 100 further comprises a plurality of concave cavities 106 formed in an outside surface 102 of the housing 101. In the present disclosure, the wine carrier 100 comprises four concave cavities 106 placed on four sides of the housing 101. However, more or fewer concave cavities 106 may be used in other embodiments.
Each concave cavity 106 is arch-shaped and its concavity extends inwardly into the housing 101. Further, each concave cavity 106 comprises a corresponding arch-shaped protrusion 107 that is smaller in height than the concave cavity 106 and is integral with the outside surface 102 of the housing 101. Between an edge 115 of the concave cavity 106 and the protrusion there is an arch-shaped space 114. Thus, a mouth of a glass (not shown) may be placed over the protrusion 107, and the body of the glass fits within the concave cavity 106. The protrusion retains the glass in the concave cavity 106.
In one embodiment, the housing 101 is made of Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic. In another embodiment, the housing 101 made of fabric. In such an embodiment, a waxed canvas can be used with a thin layer of polyethylene or polypropylene that is sewn between the two layers of fabric, i.e., the fabric on the interior of the housing 101 and the fabric on the exterior of the housing 101. In another embodiment, the housing 101 is made of leather, and no plastic sheet would be needed for structure.
The wine bottle and glass carrier 100 further comprises a removeable wine bottle holder 104. The wine bottle holder 104 fits within the opening 109 of the housing 101 and is secured in a chamber 116. The wine bottle holder 104 comprises a generally cylindrical container 111 in which a bottle of wine is inserted. The generally cylindrical container 111 has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the chamber 116.
The wine bottle holder 104 further comprises generally rectangular wings 105 that extend perpendicular from the generally cylindrical container 111 from the top of the wine holder 105 to the bottom of the wine holder 104. The wings 105 couple with an inside surface 103 of the housing 101. The generally rectangular wings 105 therefore retain the generally cylindrical wine bottle holder 104 within the housing 101 during transport.
In one embodiment, the wine bottle holder 104 is made of neoprene to hug a bottle (not shown) inserted therein. Further, wings 105 may comprise flaps that attach to the inside walls of the housing 101 with Velcro. This will allow the wine bottle holder 104 to be easily removed for cleaning both the wine holder and the inside of the housing 101.
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Note that the wine carrier 100 comprises a bottom member 300. This bottom member 500 ensures that the wine bottle holder 104 (
Note that the wine bottle holder 104 comprises the rectangular wings 105 and 709. These rectangular wings 105 and 709 extend perpendicularly form the sides of the cylinder 111 of the wine bottle holder 104. They extend outwardly and couple to the inside surface 103 of the housing 101. In this regard, the wings 105 and 709 may comprise flaps 706 that attach to the inside surface 103 of the housing 101 via Velcro®.
The housing 101 houses both the wine bottle holder 104 and a plurality of glasses (not shown). In this regard, the wine bottle holder 104 is inserted into the housing 101 and is coupled thereto. Further, one or more glasses are inserted into the concave cavities 106 wherein the mouth of the glass being inserted fits over the protrusions 107. Thus, the wine bottle and the glasses may be transported for use.
This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority to U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/618,988 entitled Wine Carrier and filed on Sep. 26, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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