Bottles and jars – Closures – Receptacle interior communicable with exterior with closure...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-10
2001-10-09
Newhouse, Nathan J. (Department: 3727)
Bottles and jars
Closures
Receptacle interior communicable with exterior with closure...
C215S045000, C215S308000, C215S310000, C116S070000, C116S112000, C116S13700R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06299006
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of beverage bottle constructions in general, and in particular to a bottle construction that has sound generating feature built into the cooperating closure components.
2. Description of Related Art
As can be seen by reference to the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,583,651; 4,607,747; 4,756,222; 5,207,339; and 5,328,069, the prior art is replete with myriad and diverse beverage bottle constructions and associated closures.
While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are more than adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they have been specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical way to focus carbonation generated gases within the beverage container through a sound generating structure to produce an audible whistle or single tone note that accompanies the release of the carbonated gases.
As virtually everyone is aware, a hissing sound normally accompanies the opening of a carbonated beverage container; however, up until this time, the escaping carbonated gases have never been harnessed to produce a useful function.
As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed a longstanding need for a new and improved type of carbonated beverage container closure that will generate a musical tone when the closure seal is broken in the act of removing the beverage cap, and the provision of such a construction is a stated objective of the present invention.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the whistling beverage bottle construction that forms the basis of the present invention comprises in general, a cap member having a sealing gasket member, and a beverage bottle member having a threaded neck portion provided with a notched mouth which cooperates with the sealing gasket member to define a discrete tone producing aperture that will focus all of the escaping carbonated gases through the tone generating aperture.
As will be explained in greater detail further on in the specification, in the first version of the preferred embodiment only the sealing gasket member and the notched bottle mouth are used to generate the musical tone.
In the second version of the preferred embodiment, a peripheral reed is interposed between the sealing gasket member and the notched bottle mouth to generate a warbling tone. In the third version of the preferred embodiment, an auxiliary whistle member is disposed proximate to the notched bottle mouth such that carbonated gases escaping through the notched bottle mouth will draw a portion of the remaining pressurized gases through the body of the whistle member.
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Henderson & Sturm LLP
Newhouse Nathan J.
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