Patent ID: 6575413
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A47G,B67D

Abstract:
An apparatus for supportively holding a liquid container, said apparatus comprising:a base comprising two upstanding side braces interconnected by a web; and a cradle for supportively receiving a liquid container, the cradle being pivotally supportable on the base and comprising: a cradle floor for supporting said liquid container thereon, said cradle floor having two opposite side edges; two cradle side portions, one of said cradle side portions extending upwardly from each of the side edges of the cradle floor; a bridge interconnecting said cradle side portions and having an arcuate cutout formed integrally therein to receive a neck of said liquid container; a portion of the bridge surrounding the cutout being tapered outwardly, from a narrow portion at the top of the bridge to a wider portion at the bottom of the bridge, to accommodate a tapered container neck; and a stop member attached to the cradle or to the base, for limiting return movement of the cradle with respect to the base; wherein the cradle is supportably mountable on the base in a manner such that it may be moved from a resting position, in which the cradle floor is substantially horizontal, to a pivotally tilted position; and further wherein the weight distribution of the cradle on the base, when it is mounted thereon, biases the cradle toward the resting position thereof.