Patent ID: 7431362

Claim:
A carton holder for holding a generally square carton having a flat bottom, a top portion, a spout, and a body portion comprising four sides, wherein said carton holder comprises: a front and a back; an x-axis and a y-axis; a base adapted to accept and firmly seat said carton flat bottom, said base comprising a square sleeve having an annulus, an inside surface comprising four vertical walls, a carton seating surface comprising four supporting surfaces, an outside surface comprising four inclined walls including a front inclined wall comprising a first pivot point and a second pivot point; wherein said first pivot point is located at the bottom of said front inclined wall for pivoting the carton holder on a surface about said y-axis from a vertical orientation to a first stable and inclined orientation so that the front inclined wall sits upon said surface; and wherein said second pivot point located at the top of the front inclined wall for pivoting the carton holder y-axis from said first stable and inclined orientation to a second inclined pouring orientation; and further wherein the base comprises a height, a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface; carton grasping means disposed above the base and adapted to firmly grasp said carton body portion; handle means disposed between and joining the base and said carton grasping means, wherein said handle means is adapted for use in a slide-grip and pistol-grip fashion.