Rotationally stabilized wine bottle with rotationally controlling bumpers
AssigneeBrandeis University
InventorDaniel Perlman
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Abstract
A substantially cylindrical glass bottle that is susceptible to accidental rolling and breakage when stored on its side has been structurally modified by forming a series of between approximately 8 and 24 small protrusions or bumpers spaced apart at regular intervals along either one path or two separated paths around the bottle's circumference at certain distances from the shoulder and base of the bottle. The bumpers project outward between approximately 2 mm to 6 mm from the bottle's outer sidewall surface, and pairs of these bumpers stably support the bottle stored on its side without the bottle rocking or rolling.
Claims19
A glass wine bottle consisting a body portion that includes a base, a substantially cylindrical side portion, and a shoulder, wherein the substantially cylindrical side portion comprises an inner sidewall surface and an outer sidewall surface, wherein the glass wine bottle is modified to remedy its susceptibility to rolling and accidental breakage when the glass wine bottle is stored on its side rather than upright on its base,
- wherein the outer sidewall surface is structurally modified to prevent rolling by addition of a plurality of between 8 and 24 bumpers positioned and formed at regular intervals along only two circumferential paths around the outer sidewall surface,
- wherein a center to center distance between consecutive bumpers is at least 1.0 inch,
- wherein the plurality of bumpers project between 2 mm and 6 mm outward from the outer sidewall surface, thereby enabling at least one pair of consecutive bumpers to support the bottle stored on its side without the glass wine bottle rocking or rolling, and
- wherein the at least one pair of consecutive bumpers have a tangent line between a highest point on each of the consecutive bumpers that does not intersect the surface of the bottle between the at least one pair of consecutive bumpers.
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