Mounting device

Abstract

A mounting device comprising a sleeve carrying thereon a receiving means, the sleeve having internally thereof holding means to enable, in use, the sleeve to be mounted on the neck of a bottle, or the like article, in a manner such that removal of the sleeve from the neck is resisted, and the receiving means comprising a flange extending outwardly of the sleeve to, in use, provide means whereby an article may be held to the sleeve, the internal diameter of the sleeve being such that the sleeve may be passed onto the neck of a bottle or the like.

1 . A mounting device comprising a sleeve carrying thereon a receiving means, the sleeve having internally thereof holding means to enable, in use, the sleeve to be mounted on the neck of a bottle, or the like article, in a manner such that removal of the sleeve from the neck is resisted, and the receiving means comprising a flange extending outwardly of the sleeve to, in use, provide means whereby an article may be held to the sleeve, the internal diameter of the sleeve being such that the sleeve may be passed onto the neck of a bottle or the like.  
   
   
       2 . A mounting device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the maximum diameter of the flange is equal to or less than the maximum diameter of the bottle or the like.  
   
   
       3 . A mounting device as claimed in either  claim 1  or  claim 2  wherein the flange is provided adjacent one end of the sleeve.  
   
   
       4 . A mounting device as claimed in either  claim 1  or  claim 2  wherein the flange is positioned intermediate of the length of the sleeve.  
   
   
       5 . A mounting device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the holding means comprises a plurality of inwardly extending teeth within the sleeve.  
   
   
       6 . A mounting device as claimed in any one of  claims 1  to  4  wherein the holding means comprises an inwardly extending rib within the sleeve.  
   
   
       7 . A mounting device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the sleeve includes a tear strip.  
   
   
       8 . A mounting device according to any one of the preceding claims and an article secured to the flange, or at least in part secured by the flange.  
   
   
       9 . A mounting device and an article as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the article comprises an opened mouth vessel, the mouth of the vessel being positioned adjacent the flange.  
   
   
       10 . A mounting device and an article as claimed in either one of claims  8  and  9  wherein the vessel is secured to the flange by wrapping material.  
   
   
       11 . A mounting device and an article as claimed in either one of claims  8  and  9  wherein the article comprises a package having a pair of substantially opposite apertures therein, the sleeve passing through the apertures and the flange being positioned adjacent the material defining one said aperture.  
   
   
       12 . A mounting device and an article secured thereon according to any one of the preceding  claims 8  to  11  mounted on the neck of a bottle or the like device.