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A beverage dispenser, for mating with a bottle containing liquid contents and having a top, a mouth at the top, a bottom, and an upper portion. The dispenser includes a base having side walls, a top, and cradle and intermediate plates extending horizontally through the side walls. A pipe has an inle

A beverage dispenser, for mating with a bottle containing liquid contents and having a top, a mouth at the top, a bottom, and an upper portion. The dispenser includes a base having side walls, a top, and cradle and intermediate plates extending horizontally through the side walls. A pipe has an inlet end centrally located above the intermediate plate and having internal threading for accommodating and securing to the mouth of the bottle, and an outlet end extending horizontally from the base and having a spout. The cradle plate has a central opening which is substantially concentric with the inlet end and supports the bottle at its upper portion. The beverage dispenser is inverted to fasten the mouth of the bottle to the inlet end, and then is turned ‘right-side-up’ to invert the bottle, and allow the contents of the bottle to be easily dispensed through the spout.

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1. A dispenser, for mating with a bottle containing a liquid beverage, the bottle having a top, a bottom, an upper portion, and an externally threaded mouth, the bottle is a standard two-liter beverage bottle, which is of substantially consistent diameter from the bottom until the upper portion, and

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A dispenser, for mating with a bottle containing a liquid beverage, the bottle having a top, a bottom, an upper portion, and an externally threaded mouth, the bottle is a standard two-liter beverage bottle, which is of substantially consistent diameter from the bottom until the upper portion, and the bottle transitions in diameter at the upper portion to a considerably smaller diameter at the mouth, comprising:a base having side walls and a top, the top substantially open, the base further having an intermediate plate extending horizontally between the side walls, the intermediate plate has a central opening, the base also having legs, extending downward from the side walls and away from the top, the legs for supporting the base upon an operative surface;a pipe having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end having an internally threaded inlet substantially centered within the base and oriented upward, the internally threaded inlet sized to mate with the externally threaded mouth of the bottle, the pipe has a right angle bend, such that the pipe extends vertically within the base between the inlet end and the right angle base, the pipe extends horizontally from the right angle bend, within the base, through one of the side walls, and then externally from the base;a spout at the outlet end, external to the housing, the spout having a downturned spout opening, the spout operable by a user to selectively allow liquid beverage to be dispensed from the bottle, into the inlet end, and out through the spout; anda cradle plate, extending horizontally between the side walls of the base near the top of the base, the cradle plate having a circular opening substantially concentric with the inlet end of the pipe so that when the bottle is mated with the inlet end of the pipe, the upper portion of the bottle is supported by the cradle plate at the circular opening; andwherein the spacing of the inlet end and cradle plate circular opening is configured to accommodate and support the upper portion of the bottle when the mouth of said bottle is mated with the inlet end.2. The dispenser as recited in claim 1, wherein the right angle bend is positioned below the intermediate plate such that the pipe extends horizontally below the intermediate plate, before extending horizontally out of the base through one of the side walls.3. The dispenser as recited in claim 2, further comprising a cover, having sides, a top, and a bottom edge, the cover open at the bottom edge, the cover sized to rest upon the base with the bottom edge of the cover upon the top edge of the base, to cover the bottle when mated to the base.4. The dispenser as recited in claim 3, wherein the spout is a self-venting spout, having a vent tube extending from the spout, through the pipe, and out through the inlet end, so that when the inlet end is attached to the mouth of a bottle, the vent tube extends into the bottle and communicates air from the self-venting spout into the bottle.5. A dispenser system, comprising:a plurality of bottles, each containing a liquid beverage, each bottle having a top, a bottom, an upper portion, and an externally threaded mouth, each bottle is a standard two-liter beverage bottle, which is of substantially consistent diameter from the bottom until the upper portion, and the bottle transitions in diameter at the upper portion to a considerably smaller diameter at the mouth, each bottle also having an air vent located at the bottom, the vent selectively openable when the bottle is inverted to allow air to enter the bottle; and a dispenser unit, for mating with the bottles, the dispenser having:a base having side walls and a top, the top substantially open, the base having legs extending downward from the side walls and away from the top, the legs for supporting the base upon an operative surface and providing space to allow the liquid beverage to be dispensed into a drinking cup, the base further has an intermediate plate extending horizontally between the side walls, the intermediate plate has a central opening,a pipe having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end having an internally threaded inlet substantially centered within the base and oriented upward, the inlet end extending upwardly through the central opening of the intermediate plate and fastened thereto, the internally threaded inlet sized to mate with the externally threaded mouth of the bottle, the pipe has a right angle bend, such that the pipe extends vertically within the base between the inlet end and the right angle base, the pipe also extends horizontally from the right angle bend, within the base, through one of the side walls, and then externally from the base, a spout at the outlet end, external to the housing, the spout having a downturned spout opening, the spout operable by a user to selectively allow liquid beverage to be dispensed from the bottle, into the inlet end, and out through the spout, anda cradle plate, extending horizontally between the side walls of the base near the top of the base, the cradle plate having a circular opening substantially concentric with the inlet end of the pipe so that when the bottle is mated with the inlet end of the pipe, the upper portion of the bottle is supported by the cradle plate at the circular opening, wherein the spacing of the inlet end and cradle plate circular opening is configured to accommodate and support the upper portion of the bottle when the mouth of said bottle is mated with the inlet end. 6. The dispenser as recited in claim 5, wherein the right angle bend is positioned below the intermediate plate such that the pipe extends horizontally below the intermediate plate, before extending horizontally out of the base through one of the side walls.7. The dispenser as recited in claim 6, further comprising a cover, having sides, a top, and a bottom edge, the cover open at the bottom edge, the cover sized to rest upon the base with the bottom edge of the cover upon the top edge of the base, to cover the bottle when mated to the base.