Fruit holder

• US 20110089136A1
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Le Tube Custom Cigar Tubes, LLC
• Original Assignee: Le Tube Custom Cigar Tubes, LLC
• Inventors: Fukai, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 8,225,950 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/386
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/00 Table-ware crumb trays A47L13/52; table knives B26B

Abstract

A fruit holder for removable attachment to the top of an open bottle such as, for example, an open beer bottle. The fruit holder is characterized by its construction including a bottle top engaging portion in fluid communicating relation to a beverage contained by the bottle, a funnel portion integrally formed above the bottle top engaging portion, and a wedge holder integrally formed on a segment of the funnel and extending outwardly from the funnel so that a fruit wedge may be placed and held on the wedge holder and juice from the fruit wedge, when squeezed, will flow along the wedge holder into the funnel, and through the bottle top engaging portion to the beverage contained by the bottle.

Claims

1. A fruit holder removably attachable to the open top of a bottle, said fruit holder comprising:

a bottle top engaging segment defined by a hollow cylinder having an inside diameter, an outside diameter, a bottom edge and a top;

a funnel portion integrally formed on said top of said hollow cylinder in fluid communicating relation to said inside diameter, said funnel portion comprising a funnel wall extending upwardly away from said top of said hollow cylinder; and

a wedge holder integrally formed on a segment of said funnel wall, said wedge holder extending outwardly from said segment of said funnel wall, said wedge holder comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a distal end, whereby a fruit wedge may be placed and held on said wedge holder top surface and juice from the fruit wedge, when squeezed, will flow into said funnel segment, through said inside diameter, and into the bottle.

2. A fruit holder as in claim 1 wherein said inside diameter of said hollow cylinder is dimensioned to receive the open top of the bottle therein whereby said fruit holder is removably attached to the bottle.

3. A fruit holder as in claim 2 further comprising a crown top opener integrally formed on said outside diameter of said bottle top engaging portion and on said bottom surface of said wedge holder, said crown top opener comprising a first opener leg comprising a first raised segment of said outside diameter of said bottle top engaging portion, an integral second raised segment of said bottom surface of said wedge holder, and an integral crown engaging leg extending downwardly from said second raised segment of said bottom surface of said wedge holder, said crown engaging leg comprising an interior surface spaced apart from said first opener leg and an exterior surface extending upwardly to join said bottom surface of said wedge holder.

4. A fruit holder as in claim 3 wherein said crown top holder further comprises a reinforcing plate attached to said interior surface of said crown engaging leg.

5. A fruit holder as in claim 1 wherein said outside diameter of said hollow cylinder is dimensioned to receive the open top of the bottle therein whereby said fruit holder is removably attached to the bottle.

6. A fruit holder as in claim 5 further comprising a bottle ring integrally formed on said funnel wall and said wedge holder bottom surface and extending downwardly from said funnel wall and from said wedge holder bottom surface to define an interior bottle ring wall in substantially concentric spaced apart relation to said outside diameter of said hollow cylinder, a bottle groove defined by said interior bottle ring wall and said outside diameter of said hollow cylinder being dimensioned and configured to receive the top of the bottle therein.

7. A fruit holder as in claim 1 wherein said wedge holder top surface comprises at least one ridge formed thereon and extending along said wedge holder top surface from said funnel wall toward said wedge holder distal end.

8. A fruit holder as in claim 7 comprising a plurality of said ridges.

9. A fruit holder as in claim 1 further comprising an aperture formed through said wedge holder in spaced apart relation to said wedge holder distal end.

10. A fruit holder as in claim 1 wherein said wedge holder extends outwardly and upwardly from said segment of said funnel wall whereby said wedge holder distal end lies in a plane that is above said funnel wall.