Cocktail garnish holder

Abstract

A cocktail garnish holder designed to prevent garnish from moving freely in a cocktail drink, while enabling promotional opportunities. The cocktail garnish holder provides a dull upward hook and a sharp downward hook, wherein the sharp downward hook secures the cocktail garnish holder to the cocktail glass, and wherein the dull upward hook is adapted to maintain a garnish in a fixed position relative to the cocktail garnish holder. The cocktail garnish holder provides an indicia surface that can be used for promotional purposes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cocktail garnish holder, comprising:
 a distal hook having a curved throat;   a proximal hook having an angular throat, wherein the distal and proximal hooks are facing opposite directions; and   wherein the distal hook and the proximal hook share a transition portion, wherein the transition portion is a distal end of the proximal hook and a proximal end of the distal hook.   
     
     
         2 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 1 , wherein the curved throat is defined by a continuous curvature. 
     
     
         3 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 2 , wherein the angular throat is defined by a first angle and a second angle, wherein the first angle is approximately a right angle and wherein the second angle is an obtuse angle. 
     
     
         4 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 3 , wherein the obtuse angle is defined by the transition portion relative to flat bend portion. 
     
     
         5 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 4 , wherein the right angle is defined by a proximal member spaced apart from the transition portion. 
     
     
         6 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 5 , further comprising an indicia structure depending on the proximal member, wherein the indicia structure has a front surface providing one or more indicia. 
     
     
         7 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more indicia is an engraving. 
     
     
         8 . The cocktail garnish holder of  claim 7 , wherein the opposite directions are upward and downward. 
     
     
         9 . A method of preventing a garnish from moving around in a cocktail glass, the method comprising:
 providing the cocktail garnish holder of  claim 6 ;
 engaging the proximal hook on a rim of the cocktail glass so that the front surface is facing away from the rim; and 
 placing the garnish on the curved throat of the distal hook. 
   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the cocktail glass is a martini glass, and wherein the obtuse angle is approximately complementary of an angle of a bowl portion of the martini glass relative to a supporting surface of the martini glass.