Patent ID: 6892903

Claim:
A dispenser, for mating with a bottle containing a liquid beverage, the bottle having a top, a bottom, an upper portion, and an externally threaded mouth, the bottle is a standard two-liter beverage bottle, which is of substantially consistent diameter from the bottom until the upper portion, and the bottle transitions in diameter at the upper portion to a considerably smaller diameter at the mouth, comprising: a base having side walls and a top, the top substantially open, the base further having an intermediate plate extending horizontally between the side walls, the intermediate plate has a central opening, the base also having legs, extending downward from the side walls and away from the top, the legs for supporting the base upon an operative surface; a pipe having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end having an internally threaded inlet substantially centered within the base and oriented upward, the internally threaded inlet sized to mate with the externally threaded mouth of the bottle, the pipe has a right angle bend, such that the pipe extends vertically within the base between the inlet end and the right angle base, the pipe extends horizontally from the right angle bend, within the base, through one of the side walls, and then externally from the base; a spout at the outlet end, external to the housing, the spout having a downturned spout opening, the spout operable by a user to selectively allow liquid beverage to be dispensed from the bottle, into the inlet end, and out through the spout; and a cradle plate, extending horizontally between the side walls of the base near the top of the base, the cradle plate having a circular opening substantially concentric with the inlet end of the pipe so that when the bottle is mated with the inlet end of the pipe, the upper portion of the bottle is supported by the cradle plate at the circular opening; and wherein the spacing of the inlet end and cradle plate circular opening is configured to accommodate and support the upper portion of the bottle when the mouth of said bottle is mated with the inlet end.