Insulated bottle holder

Abstract

A beverage bottle holder forms a hollow sleeve, which is contoured to surround the bottle and a portion of the bottle neck. The holder has a transverse member extending about a bottom opening of the holder for frictionally engaging at least a portion of the bottle bottom. Grooves and ridges formed in the upper part of the holder facilitate engagement of the bottle neck by the insulating sleeve.

1 . A holder device for a beverage bottle having a cylindrical body and a tapered neck, the holder device comprising: 
 a flexible hollow sleeve contoured to surround and conform to the shape of said cylindrical body and at least a portion of said tapered neck, and    a support means secured to a bottom of the hollow sleeve for supporting a bottom of said beverage bottle.    
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said support means comprises a support member extending inwardly within said hollow sleeve in a transverse relationship to a longitudinal axis of said sleeve.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said support member has an opening of a discreet diameter at least slightly smaller than an exterior diameter of a beverage bottle bottom.  
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said support member comprises a plurality of flexible resilient tabs disposed about a circumference of the support member, said tabs being separated by a plurality of notches.  
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 2 , further comprising a cap secured to a bottom of said sleeve, said cap carrying the support member.  
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein said cap comprises an outer upwardly extending portion surrounding a lower part of the sleeve, a bottom portion uniformly secured to the upright portion and extending about a bottom circumferential edge of the sleeve, and an internal upright portion extending along a lower inner part of the sleeve, and wherein said support member is secured to the internal upright portion.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said sleeve comprises a neck portion defining a reduced diameter upper portion of the sleeve.  
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein said neck portion has an interior wall provided with ridges for flexible frictional engagement with the tapered neck of the bottle.  
   
   
       9 . A holder device for a beverage container having a tapered neck, the holder device comprising: 
 an insulation sleeve having a central opening extending vertically therein;    a cap secured to a lower end of the sleeve, said cap carrying a support member extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve for supporting at least a portion of a bottom of the beverage bottle positioned within the sleeve.    
   
   
       10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein said support member is formed from a flexible insulating material.  
   
   
       11 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein said support member comprises a plurality of flexible resilient tabs extending into the central opening.  
   
   
       12 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein said sleeve has an upper portion contoured to frictionally engage at least a part of the beverage bottle tapered neck.  
   
   
       13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein said upper portion has an interior wall provided with ridges for flexible frictional engagement with the tapered neck of the bottle.  
   
   
       14 . A holder device for a beverage bottle having a cylindrical body and a tapered neck, the holder device comprising: 
 a flexible hollow sleeve contoured to surround and conform to the shape of said cylindrical body and at least a portion of said tapered neck, and    a support member secured to a lower portion of the sleeve for supporting a bottom of said beverage bottle, said support member carrying a plurality of flexible resilient tabs extending into a central opening defined by the sleeve to facilitate positioning of a beverage bottle within the sleeve.    
   
   
       15 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein said flexible tabs define a bottom opening having a diameter at least slightly smaller than an exterior diameter of the beverage bottle bottom.  
   
   
       16 . A method of temporary retaining contents of a beverage bottle at a pre-determined temperature, comprising the steps of: 
 providing a bottle holder comprising a flexible hollow sleeve contoured to surround and conform to the shape of said cylindrical body and at least a portion of a bottle neck and a support means secured to a bottom of the hollow sleeve for supporting a bottom of said beverage bottle;    positioning the beverage bottle within the bottle holder such that an upper tip of the bottle neck extends outwardly from an upper part of the bottle holder, while an upper portion of the bottle holder snugly fits about the bottle neck and a bottom of the beverage bottle extends inwardly into the beverage holder in relation to the support means, thereby minimizing contact of the beverage bottle with ambient temperature.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising the step of providing said support means with a plurality of flexible resilient tabs extending into a central opening defined by the bottle holder, and wherein said step of positioning the beverage bottle within the bottle holder comprises the step of bending said tabs inwardly into the central opening and then allowing the tabs to return to their normally transverse orientation in relation to a longitudinal axis of the bottle holder once the bottom of the beverage bottle passed into the central opening.