Patent ID: 7419072
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: bottle-supporting means for supporting a bottle on a horizontal support surface, said bottle-supporting means including a bottle-supporting component having a downwardly facing base portion and a bottle-gripping portion extending upwardly from the base portion such that the base portion and the bottle-gripping portion cooperatively define an upwardly opening space for receiving a lower portion of the bottle; a false-bottom component within the upwardly opening space such that the base portion, the false-bottom component, and the bottle-gripping portion cooperatively define a downwardly disposed space; bottle-illuminating means for transmitting light upwardly toward the false-bottom component and downwardly toward the base, said means including a battery-powered light source component within the downwardly disposed space; and light-actuating means for actuating the light source component by action of a person placing the lower portion of the bottle into the upwardly opening space of the bottle-supporting component; wherein the bottle-gripping portion of the bottle-supporting component is adapted to bear against the lower portion of the bottle in tight-fitting engagement of the lower portion in order to hold the bottle-supporting component on the bottle when the person lifts the bottle; wherein the base portion of the bottle-supporting component and the false-bottom component are at least partially transparent to light so that light is transmitted upwardly through the false-bottom component toward the bottle and downwardly through the base portion toward the horizontal support surface; wherein the false-bottom component is moveable within the upwardly opening space so that the false-bottom component is adapted to move downwardly in response to the person placing the lower portion of the bottle into the upwardly opening space of the bottle-supporting component in order to thereby actuate the battery-powered light source component; and wherein the bottle-gripping portion of the bottle-supporting component includes a sidewall and said sidewall includes retaining means for retaining the false-bottom component in a first position of the false-bottom component in which the false-bottom component does not actuate the battery-powered light source while enabling movement of the false-bottom component under influence of the bottle to a second position of the false-bottom component in which the false-bottom component does actuate the battery-powered light source.