Beverage holder
A beverage holder includes a platform with a slot disposed therethrough. First and second L-shaped rails extend downwardly from an underside of the platform on either side of the slot. The first and second rails are configured to retain cans, at upper portions of the cans, in a sliding manner therebetween. The slot is centrally positioned between the first and second L-shaped rails and configured to suspend bottle top portions therefrom.
1 . A beverage holder, comprising:
a body portion having a platform;
a sidewall upwardly extending from an upper surface of the platform and having first and second side portions;
a first rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the first rail downwardly extends below the platform of the body portion;
a second rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the second rail downwardly extends below the platform of the body portion, and further wherein the second portions of the first and second rails inwardly extend towards one another, and further wherein the first and second rails are spaced-apart from one another; and
a plurality of clip members extending outwardly from one of the first and second side portions of the sidewall, wherein each clip member of the plurality of clip members includes an outwardly extending neck portion having first and second arms extending outwardly therefrom, wherein the first and second arms are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween, and further wherein the first and second arms include first and second outermost tip portions, respectively, that are spaced-apart from one another.
2 . The beverage holder of claim 1 , wherein the first and second arms of each clip member of the plurality of clip members each include rounded distal ends.
3 . The beverage holder of claim 1 , including:
a reinforcement tab interconnecting the neck portion of each clip member of the plurality of clip members with the sidewall.
4 . The beverage holder of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of clip members includes a first set of clip members disposed along the first side portion, and a second set of clip members disposed along the second side portion.
5 . The beverage holder of claim 4 , including:
a reinforcement tab interconnecting the neck portion of each clip member of the plurality of clip members with one of the first and second side portions of the sidewall.
6 . The beverage holder of claim 5 , wherein the first and second outer outermost tip portions of each clip member of the plurality of clip members are rounded outermost tip portions.
7 . The beverage holder of claim 5 , wherein the first and second arms of each clip member of the plurality of clip members are flexible.
8 . A beverage holder, comprising:
a platform;
a sidewall upwardly extending from an upper surface of the platform and having first and second side portions;
a first plurality of clip members extending outwardly from the first side portion of the sidewall, wherein each clip member of the first plurality of clip members includes an outwardly extending neck portion having first and second arms extending outwardly therefrom, and further wherein the first and second arms of the clip members of the first plurality of clip members are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween; and
a second plurality of clip members extending outwardly from the second side portion of the sidewall, wherein each clip member of the second plurality of clip members includes an outwardly extending neck portion having first and second arms extending outwardly therefrom, and further wherein the first and second arms of the clip members of the second plurality of clip members are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween.
9 . The beverage holder of claim 8 , wherein the sidewall further includes front and rear portions that are interconnected by the first and second side portions to surround the platform and define an interior cavity positioned above the platform.
10 . The beverage holder of claim 9 , including:
one or more mounting bosses extending upwardly from the upper surface of the platform.
11 . The beverage holder of claim 10 , wherein the one or more mounting bosses are disposed within the interior cavity.
12 . The beverage holder of claim 8 , wherein the clip members of the first and second plurality of clip members each include neck portions outwardly extending from the first and second side portions of the sidewall, respectively.
13 . The beverage holder of claim 12 , including:
reinforcement tabs interconnecting the neck portion of each clip member of the first and second plurality of clip members with the first and second side portions of the sidewall, respectively.
14 . The beverage holder of claim 8 , including:
a first rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the first rail downwardly extends below the platform; and
a second rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the second rail downwardly extends below the platform, and further wherein the second portions of the first and second rails inwardly extend towards one another, and further wherein the first and second rails are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving channel therebetween.