Patent ID: 7441668

Claim:
A bottle holder that is (i) unstable when a base surface is horizontally orientated and placed on a horizontal surface and (ii) stable when a bottle is positioned in an opening provided in the bottle holder and the base surface is horizontally orientated and placed on a horizontal surface, the bottle holder comprising: an elongated body having a front side, a back side and the base surface at one end thereof, the base surface forming an acute first angle with a longitudinal axis of the elongated body; and the opening, the opening extending between the front and back sides, the opening having a top portion, a bottom portion, a left portion, a right portion and a generally annular interior side wall, an center axis of the opening forming an acute second angle with the longitudinal axis, the opening being forming a substantially oval shape on the front side and a partially oval shape on the back side wherein the top portion of the opening shape on the back side is substantially horizontally linear.