Patent ID: 6880714

Claim:
A carrying device for attaching around a neck of a bottle below a cap surrounding the bottle neck, the carrying device has a ring segment that is received by the neck below the cap and a hook segment attached to the ring segment, characterized therein that the ring segment is shaped as a substantially planar disc, the hook segment is planar, a hook part of the hook segment extends around more than 180 degrees; the hook segment and the ring segment extend in a common plane; and there is a bendable link having an axle disposed between centers of openings of the hook segment and the ring segment and extending perpendicularly to a connection line between the centers so that the openings of the hook segment and the ring segment are directed coaxially when the carrying device is folded about the link; wherein the opening of the hook segment is substantially the same size as the opening of the ring segment and the hook segment can be folded against the ring segment and both segments can be secured around the bottle neck underneath the cap, or the hook segment can be unfolded for hooking on to an object for carrying the bottle.