Patent ID: 8347532

Claim:
A drip-collar for a bottle comprising: a sheet of flexible, absorbent material having an isosceles trapezoidal shape, the trapezoidal shape comprising: a longer edge and a shorter edge, the longer edge and the shorter edge being mutually parallel when the trapezoidal shape is flat; and a first sloped edge and a second sloped edge between the longer edge and the shorter edge, the first sloped edge forming a first vertex with the longer edge, the second sloped edge forming a second vertex with the longer edge, the first vertex and the second vertex having substantially equal acute angles, the first sloped edge forming a third vertex with the shorter edge, the second sloped edge forming a fourth vertex with the shorter edge, the third vertex and the fourth vertex having substantially equal obtuse angles; and a fastener positioned to secure the first vertex to a location on the shorter edge to form the sheet into a truncated, generally conical form with the third vertex positioned over the fourth vertex, with the first sloped edge aligned with a first portion of the shorter edge proximate to the fourth vertex, and with the second sloped edge aligned with a second portion of the shorter edge proximate to the third vertex.