Bottle holder

Claim 1

A HOLDER AND LATCH FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES SUCH AS INFANTS'' FEEDING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A SUPPORT MEANS ADAPTED TO HOLD A BOTTLE OR LIKE ARTICLE; TWO RESILIENT ARMS CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID SUPPORT; EACH OF SAID ARMS HAVING RESPECTIVE S-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS DIRECTED INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER; THE S-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS HAVING RESPECTIVELY, IN SEQUENCE, A FIRST INWARD BEND, A PORTION EXTENDING BACK TOWARD THE SUPPORT MEANS, A SECOND INWARD BEND AND A FINAL PORTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT MEANS; TWO LATCHING MEANS PIVOTALLY ENGAGING THE RESPECTIVE S-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS, EACH LATCHING MEANS BEING CAPABLE OF PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL DISENGAGEMENT OF THE ENGAGED S-SHAPED MEMBER AND HAVING (1) A FIRST STOP ARRANGED TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF THE ENGAGED S-SHAPED MEMBER BY CONTACT WITH THE PORTION THEREOF INTERMEDIATE THE FIRST AND SECOND BENDS WHEN THE SUPPORT MEANS IS MOVED TOWARD THE LATCHING MEANS AND TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF THE ENGAGED S-SHAPED MEMBER BY ENGAGING THE FINAL PORTION THEREOF WHEN SAID RESILIENT ARMS ARE MOVED APART, (2) A SECOND STOP ARRANGED TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF THE ENGAGED S-SHAPED MEMBER BY CONTACT WITH THE FINAL PORTION THEREOF WHEN THE RESILIENT ARMS ARE MOVED TOWARD EACH OTHER, AND (3) A THIRD STOP ARRANGED TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF THE ENGAGED S-SHAPED MEMBER BY CONTACT WITH A PORTION INTERMEDIATE THE FIRST BEND AND THE FINAL PORTION THEREOF WHEN THE SUPPORT MEANS IS MOVED AWAY FROM THE LATCHING MEANS, SAID FIRST AND THIRD STOPS HAVING AN OPENING THEREBETWEEN THROUGH WHICH THE FINAL PORTION OF THE ENGAGED S-SHAPED MEMBER CAN BE WITHDRAWN UPON ALIGNMENT THEREWITH BY THE ACTION OF A ROTATIONAL FORCE EXERTED ON THE CONNECTING RESILIENT ARM, SAID ROTATIONAL FORCE TENDING TO MOVE THE FINAL PORTION OF THE S-SHAPED MEMBER TOWARD THE SUPPORT MEANS.