Bottles and jars – Closures – With means to facilitate closure removal
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-24
2003-05-27
Hylton, Robin (Department: 3727)
Bottles and jars
Closures
With means to facilitate closure removal
C081S003150, C215S228000, C215S297000, C215S305000, C215S303000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06568549
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to corkscrews and more particularly pertains to a new cork extracting and bottle system for facilitating removal a cork from a bottle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of corkscrews is known in the prior art. More specifically, corkscrews heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 1,131,985; U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,980; U.S. Pat. No. 3,944,104; U.S. Pat. No. 4,889,251; U.S. Pat. No. 5,975,322; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 219,806.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new cork extraction device. The inventive device includes a tubular member having a first open end, a second open end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second open ends. The peripheral wall has an outer threaded surface. The first open end has an inner annular shoulder thereon. The tubular member is positioned over an top end of a bottle such that the shoulder abuts the top end. A cover member has a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downward from a perimeter edge of the top wall. The top wall has a generally circular shape. The perimeter wall has an inner threaded surface. The perimeter wall has an inner diameter generally equal to an outer diameter of the tubular member such that the cover member may be positioned over and threadably coupled to the tubular member when the cover member is rotated in a first direction. A corkscrew is elongate and has a first end and a second end and is threaded from the first end to the second end. A disc is attached to the first end. The corkscrew is rotated in a second direction such that the second end extends through the top wall of the cover member and into the cork. The cover member is rotated in the second direction such that the cork is extracted from the bottle.
In these respects, the cork extraction device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removing a cork from a bottle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of corkscrews now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new cork extraction device construction wherein the same can be utilized for removing a cork from a bottle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new cork extraction device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the corkscrews mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cork extraction device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art corkscrews, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a tubular member having a first open end, a second open end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second open ends. The peripheral wall has an outer threaded surface. The first open end has an inner annular shoulder thereon. The tubular member is positioned over an top end of a bottle such that the shoulder abuts the top end. A cover member has a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downward from a perimeter edge of the top wall. The top wall has a generally circular shape. The perimeter wall has an inner threaded surface. The perimeter wall has an inner diameter generally equal to an outer diameter of the tubular member such that the cover member may be positioned over and threadably coupled to the tubular member when the cover member is rotated in a first direction. A corkscrew is elongate and has a first end and a second end and is threaded from the first end to the second end. A disc is attached to the first end. The corkscrew is rotated in a second direction such that the second end extends through the top wall of the cover member and into the cork. The cover member is rotated in the second direction such that the cork is extracted from the bottle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new cork extraction device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the corkscrews mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cork extraction device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art corkscrews, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new cork extraction device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new cork extraction device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new cork extraction device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such cork extraction device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cork extraction device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new cork extraction device for removing a cork from a bottle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cork extraction device which includes a tubular member having a first open end, a second open end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second open ends. The peripheral wall has an
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