Bottles and jars – End wall structure – One-piece side and end wall
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-02
2001-02-20
Weaver, Sue A. (Department: 3727)
Bottles and jars
End wall structure
One-piece side and end wall
C215S377000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189715
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a glass for tasting alcohols such as brandies, spirits and liquors.
Tasting consists in appreciating the olfactory and gustatory values of an alcohol or other alcoholic drinks.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
There are already known different kinds of tasting glasses; they generally include a foot topped with a stem that supports the bowl that comprises a first portion widening upwards, then a second portion narrowing towards the upper edge, called a lip.
This is the case of the glasses described in FR-A-2,648,340 and FR-A-2,684,534, which are however more particularly aimed at tasting wines.
On the other hand, these glasses are so designed that the taster can mechanically accelerate the evaporation of the product to be tasted, by applying a gyratory motion to the glass, which, in the case of a alcohol, has a drawback as regards the olfactory appreciation, for shaking favors the release of esters that the nose when sniffing the product.
From BE-A-428 043 is also known a glass having on the lower side a portion slightly widened in the shape of a truncated cone and topped with a portion, called bulge, which largely widens, then narrows towards the lip, the inner diameter of this latter being larger than the largest outer diameter of said portion in the shape of a truncated cone. The aim of the features of this glass is an easy piling up, but they do not allow the tasting, because of the small volume of the bulge that cannot be assimilated with a bowl.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The aim of this invention is to provide a glass for tasting alcohols that allows a full olfactory appreciation.
Thus, this invention relates to a glass for tasting alcohols such as brandies, spirits and liquors, comprising a slowly widening container at the upper edge of which begins a bowl, this latter comprising two portions, a first portion of a small height, which widens to a larger extent and is extended by a second portion of a large height, which progressively narrows towards the lip the opening of which delimits a surface at least equal to the one defined by the upper edge of the container, which edge forms the recommended filling limit, the volume of this parison being larger than that of the container.
According to another, additional feature of the glass according to the invention, this latter includes a foot topped with a stem supporting the container.
During the filling, the liquid is directly poured into the container, the recommended maximum level for a maximum exhalation of the aromas, without circular shaking, being situated at the filling edge of the container, the surface area of the liquid then being smaller or at most equal to the surface area defined by the lip opening.
The features of the glass according to the invention allow to keep under control the emanations of esters through the evaporation surface of the alcoholic liquid the container is filled with. During sniffing, the aromatic molecules, which fill up the volume formed by the bowl, release their original substances at the arrival of the air from outside.
The glass forming the object of this invention allows a complete exhalation of the primary, secondary and tertiary aromas of the liquid to be tasted, with the reservation of the aggressive emanations of the alcohol supporting the organoleptic molecules and the volatile substances.
The taster can finally appreciate the gustatory value of the liquid by bringing the glass in a traditional way to his lips or, preferably, by sucking the liquid into his mouth by means of a straw of a small diameter immersed into the container, in order to preserve the above-mentioned olfactive tasting.
The advantages and the features of this invention will clearly appear from the following description, with reference to the attached drawing that shows several non-exhaustive embodiments of same.
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Harrison & Egbert
Weaver Sue A.
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