Patent ID: 6588623
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A device for carrying containers, said device comprising:a) a collar having two arcuate jaws pivotly connected to one another by a fastener secured thereto at a first end of each of said jaws; b) said jaws further having second ends, each of said second ends having a recessed portion to complementarily engage one another when said collar is in a closed position; c) each of said jaws having a first bore penetrating therethrough, said first bore positioned near said second end of each of said jaws; and d) a handle comprising a strap secured, at one end, to said fastener, said strap further housed within each of said first bores at an opposite end of said strap, such that after said collar is placed around a neck portion of a container in said closed position and said strap is pulled upward to lift said container, said collar jaws are pulled together, thereby firmly engaging said recessed ends of said collar jaws to one another.