Device comprising a container for bottles

1. Device comprising a receptacle for bottles, this receptacle having an opening and a bottom, this device further comprising a support designed to hook the receptacle onto the edge of a table, wherein the support comprises a pedestal, and wherein the support and the receptacle comprise means to be joined together between:

a first position in which the pedestal of the support is positioned towards the opening of the receptacle and in which the support is designed to hook the device onto the edge of the table with the opening of the receptacle facing upwards, and

a second position in which the pedestal of the support is arranged towards the bottom and is designed to be stood on the table supporting the receptacle in a stable manner.

2. Device according to claim 1 , in which the support is mounted to pivot with respect to the receptacle between the said first and second positions.

3. Device according to claim 2 , in which the support is mounted to pivot with respect to the receptacle around an axis (Y) of inversion more or less perpendicular to the overall axis (X) of the device.

4. Device according to claim 1 , in which the support comprises a groove hollowed into the support on the opposite side to the receptacle, the said groove being designed for hooking the device onto the edge of the table when the support is in its first position.

5. Device according to claim 4 , in which the groove is inclined with respect to a plane (P 2 ) perpendicular to the overall axis (X) of the device.

6. Device according to claim 4 , in which the groove has an upper face equipped with an upper lip designed to press, in the first position, against a top surface of the table, and a lower face equipped with a lower lip designed to press, in the first position, against an underside of the table, the opposite side to the top surface.

7. Device according to claim 6 , in which the said upper lip is formed of an attached insert fixed to the said support on the same side as the upper face of the groove.

8. Device according to claim 6 , in which at least one of the upper and lower lips is equipped with a non-slip surface.

9. Device according to claim 1 , in which the receptacle and the support have sidewalls which, in the first position, run in the continuation of one another.

10. Device according to claim 9 , which, in the first position, has a truncated ovoid shape.

11. Device according to claim 1 , in which, in the first position, the pedestal and the opening of the receptacle (run in the same plane (P 1 ).

12. Device according to claim 1 , in which the pedestal runs in a plane (P 1 ) and in which the bottom of the receptacle ends in an apex which, when the support is in the second position, is contained in this plane (P 1 ).

13. Device according to claim 12 , in which said plane (P 1 ) of the pedestal forms, with the axis (Y) of inversion, a non-zero angle (A) such that this axis approaches the plane of the pedestal in the direction away from the direction of the receptacle.

14. Device according to claim 13 , in which the said angle (A) is chosen such that the projection of the center of gravity of the said device onto the said plane (P 1 ) of the pedestal lies in the region consisting of the pedestal and of the space between the said pedestal and the apex of the receptacle.

15. Device according to claim 13 , in which the angle (A) lies between 3° and 10° inclusive.

16. Device according to claim 1 , in which the receptacle comprises a flat exterior wall on which the support is mounted to rotate.

17. Device according to claim 16 , in which the said wall is perpendicular to the axis (Y) of inversion of the support and offset with respect to the overall axis (X) of the device, such that the said overall axis (X) passes through the receptacle.

18. Device according to claim 16 , which comprises a system for fixing the receptacle to the support, this system comprising hooks projecting from the flat exterior wall of the receptacle and able to clip onto a ring mounted facing them on the support.

19. Device according to claim 18 , in which the said fixing system comprises a circular rib projecting from the flat exterior wall of the receptacle, able to slip over an internal circular edge of the said ring.

20. Device according to claim 19 , in which the said fixing system further comprises tabs projecting radially from a free edge of the said circular rib and able to be introduced into cut-outs formed radially in the internal edge of the said ring.

21. Device according to claim 18 , in which the said fixing system comprises at least one washer interposed between the said circular rib and the said ring.

22. Device according to claims 1 , which comprises a locking mechanism able to maintain the orientation of the support, with respect to the receptacle, in either one of said positions.

23. Device according to claim 22 , in which the said locking mechanism comprises a moving lock bolt mounted to slide with respect to the support between a locking position in which the lock bolt is engaged in a housing with which the receptacle is equipped, and a release position in which the lock bolt is clear of the said housing.

24. Device according to claim 23 , in which the locking mechanism comprises a return spring which urges the lock bolt into its locking position.

25. Device according to claim 23 , in which the said lock bolt forms a push-button able to be operated manually from outside the support.

26. Device according to claim 23 , in which the receptacle comprises a flat exterior wall on which the support is mounted to rotate, which wall has, projecting from it, a rib comprising two semicircular portions connected by two setbacks which are diametrically opposed and each form a housing able to accommodate the lock bolt of the locking mechanism.