Protective bottle jacket

摘要

A protective bottle jacket for transporting a container, bottle or the like is provided. The protective jacket has a bottom portion having a base and walls projecting upwardly from the base for receiving and protecting the bottom portion of the container and a top portion having walls for covering the top portion of the container. The protective jacket has means for selectively and releasably interlocking the bottom and top portions together. The interlocking means comprises a male member disposed on one of the bottom and top portions and a passage disposed on the other of the bottom and top portions for slidably receiving the male member between an unlocked and locked position in response to rotation of the top and bottom jacket portions, wherein the passage lockably receives the male member and attaches the top and bottom portions together in the locked position and wherein the male member does not lockably engage the passage in the unlocked position. The protective jacket also has a handle assembly for transporting the jacket and bottle. The handle assembly has top and bottom handle portions attached to the top and bottom portions of the jacket respectively, such that the top and bottom handle portions operatively engage each other only when the interlocking means is in the locked position.