Patent ID: 7328818
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A compact and short profile portable bottled beverage dispenser for gravitationally dispensing a liquid from an inverted standard sized bottle, the dispenser comprising: a removable top made of a rigid material and having a height that is greater than or equal to fifty percent of a height of said inverted standard sized bottle so that said removable top may cover fifty percent or more of said height of said inverted standard sized bottle; a base having a substantially flat bottom surface for maintaining said inverted standard sized bottle in an inverted position and mating surfaces for receiving said removable top, wherein said removable top in combination with said base are capable of fully enclosing said inverted standard sized bottle, and wherein a total height of said dispenser is less than twice said height of said removable top, said total height of said dispenser measured from said substantially flat bottom surface of said base to a top lid surface of said removable top opposite said substantially flat bottom surface; a collar having an aperture sized to receive a neck portion of said inverted standard sized bottle and disposed within said base for supporting said inverted standard sized bottle in said inverted position; a reservoir attached to said collar for receiving said liquid from said inverted standard sized bottle, whereby said neck portion of said inverted standard sized bottle extends downward through said aperture of said collar into said reservoir; a spigot extending from said reservoir for dispensing said liquid from said reservoir; at least one securing mechanism for holding said removable top to said base and holding said inverted standard sized bottle to said collar so as to minimize leakage when the dispenser is moved; and a space surrounding said reservoir and extending upward in fluid communication with a volume enclosed by said top in combination with said base, wherein ice may be placed within said space surrounding said reservoir so as to cool both liquid within said reservoir and liquid within said inverted standard sized bottle.