Bottle holder

Abstract

A bottle holder including a body having a first bottle-holding surface adapted to hold a first plurality of bottles at a first orientation, and a second bottle-holding surface adapted to hold a second plurality of bottles at a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation. Preferably, each bottle-holding surface includes an aperture adapted to receive a cap end of each bottle, and a slot in communication with the aperture and adapted to support a bottle neck of each of the bottles.

1 . A bottle holder comprising:
 a body having a first bottle-holding surface adapted to hold a first plurality of bottles at a first orientation, and a second bottle-holding surface adapted to hold a second plurality of bottles at a second orientation,   wherein said first orientation is different from said second orientation.   
   
   
       2 . A bottle holder according to  claim 1 , wherein each said bottle-holding surface comprises:
 an aperture adapted to receive a cap end of each bottle of respective said plurality of bottles, and   a slot in communication with said aperture and adapted to support a bottle neck of each bottle of said respective plurality of bottles.   
   
   
       3 . A bottle holder according to  claim 2 , wherein said slot has a uniform width. 
   
   
       4 . A bottle holder according to  claim 1 , wherein said first and second bottle-holding surfaces are connected to define an interior lumen. 
   
   
       5 . A bottle holder according to  claim 4 , wherein said body further includes an additional bottle-holding surface connected to said first and second bottle-holding surfaces, said three bottle-holding surfaces defining an interior lumen having a triangular cross-section. 
   
   
       6 . A bottle holder according to  claim 4 , wherein said body further includes two additional bottle-holding surfaces connected to said first and second bottle-holding surfaces, said four bottle-holding surfaces defining an interior lumen having a rectangular cross-section. 
   
   
       7 . A bottle holder according to  claim 3 , wherein at least one bottle-holding surface further includes a closeable slot in communication with said slot and with an outer edge of said bottle holding surface. 
   
   
       8 . A bottle holder according to  claim 7 , wherein said closeable slot has a width at least as wide as said uniform width of said slot. 
   
   
       9 . A bottle holder according to  claim 1 , wherein said first bottle-holding surface has at least one wall-hanging aperture. 
   
   
       10 . A bottle holder according to  claim 4 , wherein said first and second bottle-holding surfaces are connected by a hinge. 
   
   
       11 . A bottle holder according to  claim 10 , wherein said hinge is detachable. 
   
   
       12 . A bottle holder according to  claim 10 , wherein at least one bottle-holding surface has a member projecting from said bottle-holding surface at a substantially right angle. 
   
   
       13 . A bottle holder according to  claim 4 , further including a handle positioned above said interior lumen. 
   
   
       14 . A bottle holder according to  claim 1 , wherein said first orientation is oriented 180 degrees from said second orientation. 
   
   
       15 . A bottle holder comprising:
 a body having at least one bottle-holding surface,   an aperture on said at least one bottle-holding surface, said aperture being adapted to receive a cap end of each bottle of a plurality of bottles, and   a slot having a uniform width in communication with said aperture and adapted to support a bottle neck of each bottle of said plurality of bottles.   
   
   
       16 . A bottle holder according to  claim 15 , wherein said uniform slot width is wider than said bottle neck of each bottle of said plurality of bottles and narrower than said cap end of each bottle of said plurality of bottles. 
   
   
       17 . The bottle holder according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said body has at least said two bottle-holding surfaces and operational and collapsed configurations,   wherein in said operational configuration said at least two bottle-holding surfaces are configured to support a plurality of bottles in at least two different orientations from one another, and in said collapsed configuration said at least two bottle-holding surfaces are configured to be substantially parallel to one another.   
   
   
       18 . A bottle holder according to  claim 17 , wherein said at least two bottle-holding surfaces are connected by a hinge in said operational configuration. 
   
   
       19 . A bottle holder according to  claim 18 , wherein said hinge is detachable to allow switching between said operational and collapsed configurations. 
   
   
       20 . A method of reducing the spatial dimension of a bottle holder, the method comprising:
 removing all bottles being held in said bottle holder,   detaching a first bottle-holding surface of said bottle holder from a second bottle-holding surface of said bottle holder, and   folding at least one bottle-holding surface of said bottle holder against an adjacent bottle-holding surface of said bottle holder so that said bottle-holding surfaces are substantially parallel.