Patent ID: 7114628

Claim:
An appliance for holding a bottle, the bottle having an opening therein, the appliance comprising: (a) a container member, comprised of a container body having an opening at one end of the container body; (b) a cap member, comprised of: (i) a cap body having an opening in the cap body; and (ii) adjustable bottle connecting means to removably connect the cap body to the bottle opening, wherein the opening in the cap body is in fluidic communication with the bottle opening; (c) cap member connecting means to removably connect the cap member to the container member, wherein the bottle is positioned within the volume displaced by the container body while the cap member is removably connected to the container member, wherein: (d) the bottle has a cylindrical portion adjacent to the bottle opening that is threaded on its exterior surface; and (e) the adjustable bottle connecting means is an adjustable connector comprised of: (i) a tubular holding member extending approximately perpendicular from a surface of the cap body, wherein: (A) the tubular holding member has at least three grooves therein extending approximately longitudinally from the end of the tubular holding member that is opposite from the cap body portion; (B) the tubular holding member has at least three channels therein that are positioned at the distal end of each of the at least three grooves; and (C) the opening in the cap body is within the surface of the cap body bounded by the end of the tubular holding member adjacent to the cap body; (ii) a tab assembly member comprised of: (A) a tab assembly base portion approximately annular in shape having an interior diameter adapted to fit over and slide down the outside surface of the tubular holding member; (B) at least three tab portions, wherein each of the at least three tab portions corresponds to one of the at least three grooves and at least three channels in the tubular holding member, and wherein each tab portion is positioned in one of the at least three channels; and (C) at least three tab holding portions, wherein each of the at least three tab holding portions corresponds to one of the at least three tab portions, and wherein each of the at least three tab holding portions connects one of the at least three tab portions to the tab assembly base portion; (iii) a top locking member having a surface approximately annular in shape of a size adapted to be positioned adjacent to the tubular holding member; and (iv) top locking connector means to connect the top locking member to the tubular holding member; (v) wherein the tubular holding member has an interior diameter of a size capable of receiving the cylindrical portion of the bottle so that when the cylindrical portion is screwed into the tubular holding member the threads of the exterior surface of the cylindrical portion of the bottle adjacent to the bottle opening are held in place by the tab portions.