Patent ID: 7896037

Claim:
A device in combination with a water bottle, when the water bottle is inserted in an inverted position with respect to a water cooler, such that a body of the water bottle protrudes from the water cooler through a surface thereof, the device comprising: a structure with a first arcuate surface and a second surface disposed so as to oppose the first actuate surface and having a bottom portion joining a bottom portion of the first actuate surface and a bottom portion of the second surface so as to form an annular trough extending at least half the circumference of the water bottle, and wherein the first arcuate surface and the second surface are fixedly spaced apart, and the first arcuate surface is dimensioned such that a diameter thereof is substantially equal to a diameter of the body of the water bottle, and a height of the first arcuate surface is dimensioned so that a bottom surface of the body of an inverted water bottle protrudes from the device when the device and a water bottle are mounted on the water cooler.