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US 2004/0169001 A1Published application
Bottle closure
OwnerHoward V. Leendersten, Allen C. Shoupinventors
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Abstract
A bottle closure including a shell having an open first end, a closed second end, an inner wall and an outer wall, the combination forming conical space and a tapered core having a first end, a second end and conical surface positioned between the first end and second end wherein the tapered is located in the shell conical space.
Claims19
A bottle closure comprising;
- a shell having an open first end, a closed second end, an inner wall and an outer wall, the combination forming conical space;
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- a tapered core having a first end, a second end and conical surface positioned between the first end and second end wherein the tapered core is larger than the shell conical space.
The bottle closure of claim wherein the shaped aperture includes a key way for grasping an opening tool.
A method for sealing a bottle with a bottle closure comprising the steps of:
- (a) locating a shell having an open first end, a closed second end, an inner wall and an outer wall, the combination forming conical space, into the opening of a bottle;
- (b) directing a tapered core having a first end, a second end and conical surface positioned between the first end and second end wherein the tapered core is larger than the shell conical space into the shell open first end and into the shell conical space and forcing the shell outer wall against the bottle opening to form a sealed bottle opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.