Tools – Receptacle closure remover – Impaling or inserting type
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-04
2001-05-01
Smith, James G. (Department: 3723)
Tools
Receptacle closure remover
Impaling or inserting type
C081S003200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223626
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to cork removers and more particularly pertains to a new cork removal device for injecting air between a cork and the contents of a bottle to force the cork out of the bottle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of cork removers is known in the prior art. More specifically, cork removers 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. 5,012,703; U.S. Pat. No. 4,791,834; U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,395; U.S. Pat. No. 4,464,956; U.S. Pat. No. 4,317,390; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 268,245.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new cork removal device. The inventive device includes a base portion and a cap. The base portion has a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A peripheral wall is coupled to and extends away from the peripheral edge. The bottom wall has an aperture therethrough. A needle for inserting into a cork has a blunt end and a sharp end. The blunt end of the needle is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall of the base portion and is in communication with the aperture in the bottom wall. The needle extends away from the interior of the base portion. The needle has a lumen. The cap is substantially solid. The cap has a top surface and a bottom surface. An annular slot in the cap receives the peripheral wall. The annular slot extends into the cap from the bottom surface.
In these respects, the cork removal 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 injecting air between a cork and the contents of a bottle to force the cork out of the bottle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of cork removers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new cork removal device construction wherein the same can be utilized for injecting air between a cork and the contents of a bottle to force the cork out of the bottle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new cork removal device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the cork removers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cork removal device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cork removers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base portion and a cap. The base portion has a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A peripheral wall is coupled to and extends away from the peripheral edge. The bottom wall has an aperture therethrough. A needle for inserting into a cork has a blunt end and a sharp end. The blunt end of the needle is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall of the base portion and is in communication with the aperture in the bottom wall. The needle extends away from the interior of the base portion. The needle has a lumen. The cap is substantially solid. The cap has a top surface and a bottom surface. An annular slot in the cap receives the peripheral wall. The annular slot extends into the cap from the bottom surface.
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 removal device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the cork removers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new cork removal device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cork removers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new cork removal device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new cork removal device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new cork removal 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 removal device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cork removal 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 removal device for injecting air between a cork and the contents of a bottle to force the cork out of the bottle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cork removal device which includes a base portion and a cap. The base portion has a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A peripheral wall is coupled to and extends away from the peripheral edge. The bottom wall has an aperture therethrough. A needle for inserting into a cork has a blunt end and a sharp end. The blunt end of the needle is fixedly mounted to the bottom wall of the base portion and is in communication with the aperture in the bottom wall. The needle extends away from the interior of the base portion. The needle has a lumen. The cap is substantially solid. The cap has a top surface and a bottom surface. An annular slot in the cap receives the peripheral wall. The annular slot extends into the cap from the bottom surface.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new cork removal device that is actuated by pushing the cap into the base portion which
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