Patent ID: 8240525

Claim:
A device to carry a bottle on a user, which bottle includes a neck, the device comprising: an attachment portion operable to be secured to the user; and a clip operable to be attached to the attachment portion in a swivelable connection, which clip is selectively detachable at the connection, and which swivelable connection is operable to orient a bottle in a substantially vertical orientation, the clip having an aperture with a cross-sectional area in which the neck of the bottle is receiveable, and which clip is resiliently deformable to clamp the bottle neck, and to selectively change the cross-sectional area of the aperture to permit clamping bottle necks of different size; wherein the clip is movable between a first position where the cross-sectional area of the aperture is expanded and a second position where the cross-sectional area of the aperture is contracted relative to the expanded first position; wherein the clip is biased toward the second position; and wherein the clip includes a pair of opposing levers biased away from each other, and the clip is configured such that moving the levers toward one another moves the clip into the expanded first position.