Patent ID: 7527310
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A soft drink bottle holding apparatus for providing a handle grip on a flexible two-liter plastic bottle formed with a shoulder and a base, comprising: a first cylindrical section conforming to said two-liter plastic soft drink bottle shoulder for insertion of said soft drink bottle therein to said shoulder, thereby cradling said soft drink bottle at the shoulder, and a second cylindrical section smaller in diameter than said first cylindrical section and conforming to said soft drink bottle base, said second cylindrical section being formed with an inwardly tapered inner surface for partial insertion of said base therein and for gripping said base by a friction fit to maintain said two-liter plastic bottle therein despite angling of said bottle to dispense liquid; a pair of struts, each fixedly attached endwise between said first cylindrical section and said second cylindrical section, said pair of struts spanning said first cylindrical section and second cylindrical section on diametric sides thereof, such that said first and second cylindrical sections are rigidly held in a spaced apart configuration; one or more support ribs, each of said support ribs being fixedly attached to one of said struts; a handle fixedly attached to one of said pair of struts; wherein said first cylindrical section and said second cylindrical section are aligned axially thereby creating an apparatus for grasping and dispensing the contents of large, flexible, handle-less two-liter plastic soft drink bottles.