Patent ID: 7694802

Claim:
Individual support device for a container provided with a neck, capable of supporting said container by its neck, comprising a support member which is capable of being engaged inside the neck of the container and which comprises support elements which are elastically retractable in the radial direction and capable of bearing with friction against the internal wall of said neck, characterized in that the support member comprises: a substantially axisymmetric cylindrical base comprising a peripheral channel defined between a central core and an external wall forming a skirt surrounding said core at a radial distance and perforated by at least one row of apertures of circular contour, a plurality of balls forming the aforementioned support elements, of equal number to that of the apertures and arranged in at least one row in said channel, being located opposite the respective apertures, the balls having a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the apertures, and elastic return means interposed between said core and the balls such that said balls are pushed back elastically into the respective apertures and project partially outside thereof.