Carrier attachment for open-top containers

Claim 1

A CARRIER FOR OPEN-TOP LIQUID CONTAINERS, COMPRISING MOUNTING BRACKET MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID BRACKET MEANS HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY DEFINED THEREIN, SAID BRACKET MEANS HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING FROM AN EDGE THEREOF TO THE CENTER OF SAID CAVITY, SUPPORT STEM MEANS HAVING AN UPPER NORMALLY HORIZONTAL ARM PORTION ADAPTED FOR INSERTION THROUGH SAID SLOT, A DISC AT THE END OF SAID HORIZONTAL ARM PORTION OF THE STEM AND ADAPTED TO FIT PIVOTALLY WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL CAVITY, AND RECEPTACLE MEANS ATTACHED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SUPPORT STEM AND CONFIGURATED TO HOLD AN OPENTOP LIQUID CONTAINER SUCH AS A GLASS OR BOTTLE, WHEREBY THE MOUNTING BRACKET MEANS ARE SECURED TO THE SUPPORT MEMBER WITH THE RECEPTACLE SUSPENDED THEREFROM IN POSITION TO PIVOT ABOUT THE CENTER OF SAID DISC, WHEREBY THE OPEN-TOP LIQUID CONTAINER IS MAINTAINED BY GRAVITY IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION DESPITE MOVEMENT AND CHANGES IN ORIENTATION OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER.