Beverage container holders

Claim 1

A nestable beverage container holder for selectively holding two beverage containers in one hand in non-nested configuration and for selectively nesting multiple ones of said beverage container holder in a stored nesting configuration and for selectively holding four beverage containers in one hand in a first nesting configuration and for selectively holding three beverage containers in one hand in a second nesting configuration, respectively, each of said beverage container holder comprising a tapered handle having a bottom and a plurality of substantially vertical anti-rotational grooves for removably interlocking nesting ones of said handle; two arms extending radially from said handle in spaced-apart, non-linear relationship with respect to each other, said arms defining an offset center of gravity at said handle of said beverage container holder; and two tapered container cups terminating said arms, respectively, each of said container cups having a bottom for holding beverage containers in said non-nested configuration and in said first nesting configuration and in said second nesting configuration, respectively, wherein said handle is substantially smaller in diameter than said container cups, respectively, and said bottom of said handle is disposed in substantially coplanar relationship with respect to said bottom of said container cups for selectively resting said beverage container holder on a flat surface in said non-nested configuration, said stored nesting configuration, said first nesting configuration and said second nesting configuration, respectively, and wherein said handle and said container cups of multiple ones of said beverage container holder are selectively nested with each other, respectively, in said stored nesting configuration, and said handle of each of a first two of said beverage container holder is selectively nested with the other while said container cups of each of said first two of said beverage container holder are disposed in non-nested configuration, for holding the four beverage containers in said first nesting configuration, and said handle of each of a second two of said beverage container holder is selectively nested with the other and one of said container cups of each of said second two of said beverage container holder is nested with the other while the other of said container cups of said second two of said beverage container holder are disposed in non-nested configuration, for holding the three beverage containers in said second nesting configuration.

Claim 5

A method of selectively nesting beverage container holders and holding a selected number of beverage containers in at least one beverage holding configuration, comprising the steps of: providing beverage container holders, each having a handle with multiple anti-rotational grooves, two arms extending radially from the handle in spaced-apart, non-linear relationship with respect to each other and a container cup provided on each of said arms, respectively; selectively nesting the handles and the container cups of the respective beverage container holders into a stored configuration of the beverage container holders; selectively nesting only the handles of two of the beverage container holders by engaging the anti-rotational grooves, respectively, in the handles for preventing rotation of the handles with respect to each other, and positioning the container cups of the beverage container holders in a first non-nested configuration for receiving four beverage containers; and selectively nesting the handles of two of the beverage container holders, nesting a first pair of the container cups of the beverage container holders and positioning a second pair of the container cups of the beverage container holders in a second non-nested configuration, respectively, for receiving three beverage containers.

Claim 6

A method of selectively nesting beverage container holders and holding a selected number of beverage containers in at least one beverage holding configuration, comprising the steps of: providing beverage container holders, each having a handle with multiple anti-rotational grooves, two arms extending radially from the handle in spaced-apart, non-linear relationship with respect to each other and a container cup provided on each of said arms, respectively; selectively nesting the handles and the container cups of the respective beverage container holders into a stored configuration of the beverage container holders; selectively nesting only the handles of two of the beverage container holders by engaging the anti-rotational grooves, respectively, in the handles for preventing rotation of the handles with respect to each other, and positioning the container cups of the beverage container holders in a first non-nested configuration for receiving four beverage containers; and selectively nesting the handles of two of the beverage container holders, nesting a first pair of the container cups of the beverage container holders and positioning a second pair of the container cups of the beverage container holders in a second non-nested configuration, respectively, for receiving three beverage containers.