Beverage container holder

1. A beverage container holder, comprising:

a base having an interior compartment configured to support a beverage, and a flexible tab having a lock button extending therefrom; and

a housing configured to be mounted to the base such that the beverage is located between the base and the housing, the housing having a lock hole configured to receive the lock button and secure the housing to the base, the housing also having a release button separate and spaced apart from the lock hole, the release button being configured to selectively engage the flexible tab without contacting the lock button to indirectly release the lock button from the lock hole.

2. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the lock button comprises a plurality of lock buttons, and the lock hole comprises a plurality of lock holes.

3. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the lock hole comprises a ramp.

4. The beverage container holder of claim 3 , wherein the ramp extends into an interior of the housing from the lock hole.

5. The beverage container holder of claim 3 , wherein the ramp is configured to engage a lower end of the lock button.

6. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the release button comprises a second flexible tab.

7. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the lock button and lock hole are substantially cylindrical and tapered.

8. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a handle on a first side of the beverage container holder, and the lock button and the lock hole are located on a second side of the beverage container holder that is different than the first side.

9. The beverage container holder of claim 8 , wherein the first side is a left side or right side of the beverage container holder, and the second side is a front side of the beverage container holder, and the first side is substantially orthogonal to the second side.

10. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the base has vertical planar symmetry and the housing has vertical planar symmetry, such that the housing may be mounted to the base in two different directions.

11. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a lower end and a skirt that extends from the base, and bottoms of the lower end and the skirt are substantially co-planar.

12. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the base further comprises a plurality of interior platforms configured to support a plurality of different sizes of beverages.

13. The beverage container holder of claim 12 , wherein the interior platforms comprise sets of disparate surfaces that are located at different vertical elevations relative to each other.

14. The beverage container holder of claim 12 , wherein the interior platforms comprise sets of disparate surfaces at different horizontal displacements relative to each other.

15. The beverage container holder of claim 12 , wherein the interior platforms are substantially rectangular blocks.

16. The beverage container holder of claim 15 , wherein at least some of the rectangular blocks comprise rectangular notches to provide at least one of the sets of disparate surfaces.

17. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the flexible tab of the base has a vertical rib extending outward therefrom, and the housing has a vertical recess extending therein, and the vertical rib is configured to slidingly engage vertical recess to align the housing on the base.

18. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the base and the housing are configured to be coaxially mounted together, and each has a generally elliptical shape in section through the axis.

19. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the lock hole comprises a single lock hole configured to be selectively engaged by a plurality of the lock buttons.

20. The beverage container holder of claim 1 , wherein the lock hole comprises two lock holes that are substantially vertically aligned, the lock button comprises two sets of vertically oriented lock buttons, and each lock hole comprises a single lock hole configured to be selectively engaged with a single one of a respective set of vertically oriented lock buttons.