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1. A knit cozy system (10) for receiving and supporting a bottle of a beverage to be drunk, the receiving and supporting being done in a safe, convenient, eye-appealing and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination:
a tube (14) fabricated of a fabric with an interior surface and an exterior surface, the tube having a closed bottom (16) and an open top (18) separated by an overall axial length when unstretched of 9.5 inches plus or minus 10 percent, the closed bottom forming a semicircular section (20) when unstretched, the tube having a cylindrical section (22) between the open top and the semicircular section, the cylindrical section having a common cross sectional configuration and a common circumference when unstretched of 7 inches plus or minus 10 percent, the cylindrical section having an axial length when unstretched of 8 inches plus or minus 10 percent, the circumference of the cylindrical section of the tube being between 80 and 85 percent of the overall axial length of the tube; the fabric being knit from yarn, the yarn being chosen from the class of yarns including cotton and wool and polyester and blends thereof, the unstretched cylindrical section of the tube adapted to expand in circumference up to twice the unstretched circumference; a tunnel (26) formed in the open top of the tube, the tunnel formed by a folded back edge adjacent to the open upper end of the tube, an elastic thread (28) joining the folded back edge of the tube to a portion of the tube there beneath, the tunnel having end openings (30) adjacent to each other; a cord (34) having a central section within the tunnel and two free ends (36) extending through end openings to exterior of the tunnel, the cord having elongated sections (38) between the free ends and the end openings of the tunnel, a knot (40) in the elongated sections, elastomeric tips (42) at the free ends of the cord, a slider (43) slidably mounted on the elongated sections of the cord between the knot and the end openings of the tunnel, the slider having undulating faces (44) adapted to be grasped by a user to push the slider to vary the size of the open top, the slider adapted to remain by friction at the location it was last pushed by a user; a bottle (48) containing a beverage to be drunk, the bottle having a contoured exterior surface with regions of reduced circumference and regions of increased circumference, the bottle having a flat horizontal bottom (50), the bottle positioned within the tube with entry and removal of the bottle being through the open top end, the interior and exterior surfaces of the tube adapted to conform to the shape of the exterior surface of the bottle; and a plurality of elastomeric components (54) adhesively secured at spaced locations to the exterior surface of the knit, closed bottom to expand and contract dependent on the size of the bottle and thereby to abate slippage of the tube and bottle on a recipient surface. |
