Method and apparatus for covering a corked container
OwnerWilliam Chase Wallaceinventor
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Abstract
In accordance with one implementation, an apparatus for retaining moisture in a cork can include: a top wall; a roundish sidewall coupled with the top wall; an open-end portion of the roundish sidewall; wherein the open-end portion of the roundish sidewall is at the opposite end of the sidewall from the top wall; wherein the top wall and the roundish sidewall forms a closed-ended tube; wherein the shape of the closed-ended tube is adapted to be coupled with as well as removed from a re-corked bottle in a reusable manner; wherein the shape of the closed-ended tube is adapted to retain moisture in a cork of the re-corked bottle by forming a seal with the re-corked bottle when disposed on the re-corked bottle.
Claims10
An apparatus for retaining moisture in a cork, comprising:
- a top wall;
- a roundish sidewall coupled with the top wall;
- an open-end portion of the roundish sidewall;
- wherein the open-end portion of the roundish sidewall is at the opposite end of the sidewall from the top wall;
- wherein the top wall and the roundish sidewall forms a closed-ended tube;
- wherein the shape of the closed-ended tube is adapted to be coupled with as well as removed from a re-corked bottle in a reusable manner;
- wherein the shape of the closed-ended tube is adapted to retain moisture in a cork of the re-corked bottle by forming a seal with the re-corked bottle when disposed on the re-corked bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.