Patent ID: 7237703

Claim:
A double entry water bottle carrier ( 10 ) for a runner, the carrier ( 10 ) comprising: a. a base ( 12 ) including a belt ( 14 ) for securing the base ( 12 ) to the runner; b. a sleeve ( 20 ) secured to the base ( 12 ) and dimensioned to receive and secure a water bottle ( 22 ), the sleeve defining a first entry ( 24 ) and an opposed second entry ( 26 ) at opposed ends of the sleeve ( 20 ); c. a flexible securing strap ( 32 ) secured between opposed interior surfaces of the sleeve ( 20 ); and, d. wherein the flexible securing strap ( 32 ) is dimensioned so that, whenever a spout ( 40 ) of the water bottle ( 22 ) is secured to extend out of the first entry ( 24 ) of the sleeve ( 20 ), a central portion ( 42 ) of the securing strap ( 32 ) contacts a bottom surface ( 44 ) of the water bottle ( 22 ) adjacent the second entry ( 26 ) of the sleeve ( 20 ), and the securing strap ( 36 ) is dimensioned so that whenever the spout ( 40 ) of the water bottle ( 22 ) is secured to extend out of the second entry ( 26 ) of the sleeve ( 20 ), the central portion ( 42 ) of the securing strap ( 32 ) contacts the bottom surface ( 44 ) of the water bottle ( 22 ) adjacent the first entry ( 24 ) of the sleeve ( 20 ).