and plastic or wood also may be used in addition the different parts of the carrier could be different materials each carrier includes a support member and at least one receptacle in the exemplary embodiments each carrier e g carrier 14 fig2 has a single receptacle 40 which attaches to central support 22 the support is elongated and cylindrical with a hollow center bore 24 fig2 and 3 the inside diameter of the bore is sized to accommodate post 60 each end 26 and 28 of the support member receives a bushing 30 or 32 the ends of the support members may be counter bored to receive the heads 34 of the bushings the bushings allow the support members to pivot about the post easily the bushings also assist sliding of the ends of the support members relative to the end of the adjacent support member when one support pivots as the adjacent support remains stationary a light lubricant or a non stick coating may be used in the exemplary embodiment the receptacle 40 for each carrier is cylindrical and has an inside diameter sized to accommodate a bottle similarly the receptacle is sufficiently deep to receive at least a portion of a bottle non cylindrical shapes i e non circular cross sections such as a squares or hexagons are possible insofar as those shapes have inside dimensions the corresponding dimension to a cylinder diameter is still referred to as the inside diameter alternatively the outside of the receptacle may have.