Patent ID: 7401827

Claim:
A bottle tote for manually toting bottles, said bottle tote comprising: a tote frame member; a tote ring member connected to a first end of said tote frame member; wherein said tote ring member and said tote frame member are constructed from the same molding; a tote handle member connected to a second end of said tote frame member; and a tote elbow member formed from a bend in said tote frame member between said tote ring member and said tote handle member; wherein the tote elbow member includes a plurality of accordion-like bends; wherein the tote ring member is connected only to the tote handle member and only through a single tote elbow member; wherein the longitudinal axis of the of the handle is substantially parallel to the plane of the ring when the tote is in a non-deformed state; and wherein said tote elbow member and a portion of said tote ring member are adapted to grip an inserted bottleneck of a bottle to be toted, and said tote handle member is adapted to receive a manual lifting force which is transmitted through said tote frame member, said tote elbow member and said tote ring member to the bottleneck of said bottle.