Patent ID: 6808149
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A47K,A61J,A61M

Abstract:
A hands-free wall mounted bottle holder apparatus, for mounting a bottle that comprises: a body, a neck and a head to a flat solid surface, comprising:a base, for connecting the apparatus to the flat solid surface; and a tongue, that has a root and a free far end, and the tongue's root is connected to the base, comprising: a bottle brace, that starts from the tongue's root, and a neck holder, for holding the bottle's neck securely in a locking point, with a first edge connecting to the bottle brace at a base angle of about 90 to 120 degrees, and a second edge, which is the tongue's free far end, which remains unattached; and a fastening device, for pulling and holding the bottle's body toward the bottle brace and locking the bottle in the locking point; and wherein the neck holder has an open slot at the second edge, extending toward the bottle brace at a width adapted to be slightly slightly larger than the width of the bottle's neck until the locking point, located at a distance of about half of the bottle's body width from the bottle brace, wherein the open slot width adapted to narrow down to less than the width of the bottle's neck, creating two landing points, and the open slot adapted to extend toward the bottle brace an additional distance of about half the width of the bottle's neck; and wherein the locking point is created by adjusting the base angle and the distance between the landing points such that when the bottle's neck is inserted upside down into the open slot and reaches the landing points, and the bottle's body is pulled toward the bottle brace by the fastening device, the following conditions exist: the bottle's body touches the two landing points and turns on a pivot line that connects the two landing points, the bottle's head touches the neck holder, and the bottle's body has a gap of about 0.5 to 20 millimeters from the bottle brace; and a mounting device that connects the base to the flat solid surface such that the bottle's head, at the locking point, is oriented forward and downward 1 to 60 degrees relative to a vertical line, and tilts relative to the vertical line from 60 degrees to the left to 60 degrees to the right, based on ergonomic preferences of a user.