Patent ID: 7448493

Claim:
A bottle carrier and a plurality of bottles each having a neck having an axis, the bottle carrier comprising: a base having a generally planar upper surface for supporting bottles thereon; and a plurality of bottle receiving areas defined below the base, each of the plurality of bottle receiving areas including at least one retaining member for contacting the neck of at least one of the bottles to retain the bottle in the bottle receiving area, the at least one retaining member extending downwardly from a lower surface of the base, and wherein movement of the base substantially parallel to the axes of the necks of the plurality of bottles causes the neck of each of the bottles to be received and retained in one of the plurality of bottle receiving areas by the at least one retaining member; wherein the plurality of bottles each has its neck received with one of the bottle receiving areas, with the at least one retaining member of the bottle receiving area positioned below a lip on the neck of the bottle to retain the bottle to the bottle carrier.