Patent Publication Number: US-2010108704-A1

Title: Glass holder

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This is application is based upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/110,004, filed Oct. 31, 2008, the complete disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference, and upon which priority is claimed. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention is addressed to the ability to hold and carry a glass such as a wine glass. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     This invention is addressed to the ability to hold and carry a glass, such as a wine glass, via a cord around one&#39;s neck, in order to leave one&#39;s hands free to accomplish other tasks. 
     In many situations, most particularly social situations, such as cocktail parties, picnics and the like, it is desirable to have the ability to keep one&#39;s hands free for greeting people, shaking hands, eating snacks, hors d&#39;oeuvres or the like. 
     Most particularly, it has become commonplace that wine is served as a cocktail. 
     Particularly in situations where there are large numbers of people, if one sets down a drinking glass, such as a wine glass, it may be cleaned up or picked up or drunk from by someone else. While it is known that identifying colored rings exist to place around the base of a wine glass to identify it as one&#39;s own, that does not adequately address the situation where is desired to keep one&#39;s wine glass readily at hand, while yet leaving one&#39;s hands free for other activities. 
     The same situation can exist in instances other than social situations, such as when one is dealing with children, doing household chores, cooking or the like, while enjoying a glass of wine. 
     The present invention is therefore addressed to providing a glass holder, most particularly for a wine glass, that enables one to carry the wine glass by a cord, that hangs from one&#39;s neck. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES 
         FIG. 1  is an illustration of a blank, with a cord, for wrapping around a drinking glass, such as a wine glass. 
         FIG. 2  is a front elevation view of the blank of  FIG. 1 , disposed about a wine glass. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     With reference to  FIG. 1 , it will be seen that there is a flexible blank generally designated by the numeral  10 , having a generally arcuate upper edge  11 , with a pair of substantially flat edges  12  and  13  at the lower end thereof, with an upwardly extending inverted V shaped notch  14 , and with the various edges  15 ,  16  and  17  being arcuatel configured. 
     A plurality of slits  18 ,  20 ,  21 ,  22  and  23  exist in the otherwise generally flat blank  10 , to enable it to conform to the rounded surface of a wine glass, about which the blank is to be wrapped during use. 
     A plurality of access openings  24 ,  25 ,  26 ,  27 ,  28 ,  30  and  31  are provided, in the form of holes, located as shown in  FIG. 1 , for receipt of a cord  32  therein, threaded as shown in  FIG. 1 , with cord portions  33 ,  34  and  35  on the front surface of the blank or sheet of material  10 , and with other cord portions  36 ,  37 , extending across the back of the blank or sheet  10 , and shown in phantom, then passing through holes or openings  26 ,  30  to the front, at  38 ,  40 , then passing through holes or openings  27 ,  28 , to again appear in phantom at  41 ,  42 , thereafter extending upwardly as shown at  43 ,  44 , coming together in a knot at  45 , as shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     With reference to  FIG. 2 , it will now be seen that the sheet or blank  10  is wrapped around a wine glass  50 , as shown, with the cord  32  pulled tight, bringing the edges  12 ,  13  of the blank toward each other, with a space therebetween, as shown in  FIG. 2 , with the cord portions  43 ,  44  extending upwardly, in a loop, as shown in  FIG. 1 , which loop of cord  32  can be placed over the neck of a person using the wine glass holder. 
     The wine glass  50  is constructed in a conventional manner, to have an upper bulbous portion  51 , a stem  52  extending through a lower opening of the wine glass holder as shown, and with a base  54  connected to the stem  52 , in a conventional manner 
     It will thus be seen that with the wine glass holder formed as a blank, and wrapped around the upper portion  51  of the wine glass  50 , the same can readily be carried around the neck of a user, leaving the user&#39;s hands free. 
     The holder, made from a blank, can he made of many materials, such as vinyl, suede, leather. etc, and its cord can be of any desired length, and may be adjustable depending upon the size of a person using it, with such adjustment being made by where one ties the knot  45  at the upper ends  43 ,  44  of the cord. 
     The blank can be cut on a press, with the slits  18 ,  20 ,  21 ,  22 , and  23  being simultaneously cut therewith, as well as the holes being simultaneously cut therewith, and the cord  32  can thereafter be threaded through the holes as shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     The slits and laced holes allow the blank  10  to contour to different size wine glasses. The weight of the glass and wine hanging around the neck will keep the holder snug around the wine glass.