Dispensing – Drip – leakage or waste catching or disposal
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Ngo, Lien M. (Department: 3754)
Dispensing
Drip, leakage or waste catching or disposal
C215S246000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07128243
ABSTRACT:
An Integrated Drip Proof Stopper System for wine and other liquid-containing bottles is installed during the manufacture of the bottle. The Integrated drip Proof Stopper System contains a shrink-wrap shell disposed about the throat of the bottle. The shrink-wrap shell has an opening strip that separates a shrink-wrap shell extension from a lower portion of the shrink-wrap shell. When pulled, the strip exposes an absorbent pad that is adhesively bonded to the bottom portion of the shrink-wrap shell. The absorbent pad captures drips that occur when wine or liquid is poured from the bottle, preventing damage to tablecloths or tabletops on which the bottle is placed. The upper portion of the absorbent pad has a plurality of slits and teeth forming a teeth-like structure adapted for expansion by the user to increase drip capture efficiency.
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Buff Ernest D.
Ernest D. Buff & Associates LLC
Ngo Lien M.
Pierson Theodore J.
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