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US 2019/0177053 A1Published application
Vacuum wine bottle stopper and cap, and method of use
OwnerDavid Glenn Duckworthinventor
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Abstract
A wine bottle stopper is provided including a vacuum stopper and a removable decorative cap. The wine stopper includes an upper portion and a lower portion. A central conduit extends longitudinally through the vacuum stopper, and a one-way valve is located within the central conduit. The vacuum stopper has a bottom shaft sized for insertion into a wine bottle's opening. The vacuum stopper's upper portion extends exterior to the wine bottle. Meanwhile, the decorative cap has a sidewall and a top forming a central cavity sized to engage and cover the wine stopper's upper portion. Preferably, the decorative cap includes a decorative feature providing a pleasing appearance.
Claims20
A wine bottle stopper for a wine bottle comprising:
- a vacuum stopper including a neck portion, an upper portion extending above said neck portion, a conduit extending longitudinally through said neck portion and said upper portion, and a one-way valve located within said conduit which freely permits air to flow upwardly through said conduit but inhibits air from flowing downwardly through said conduit, said neck portion having a diameter for entering and providing a seal with said bottle's circular opening, said upper portion having a longitudinally extending height and a laterally extending rim which is too large to enter into said bottle's circular opening;
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- a removeable cap for engaging and covering said vacuum stopper's upper portion, said cap having a top and a sidewall forming a central cavity, said cavity sized and having a height to entirely accept said vacuum stopper's upper portion in said cavity, and said cavity sized so that said cap's sidewall can form a press fit engagement with said vacuum stopper upper portion's rim.
A wine bottle, vacuum stopper and removeable cap combination comprising:
- a bottle having a chamber and a neck with a circular opening;
- a vacuum stopper including a neck portion, an upper portion extending above said neck portion, a conduit extending longitudinally through said neck portion and said upper portion, and a one-way valve located within said conduit which freely permits air to flow upwardly through said conduit but inhibits air from flowing downwardly through said conduit, said neck portion having a diameter for entering and providing a seal with said bottle's circular opening, said upper portion having a longitudinally extending height and a laterally extending rim which is too large to enter into said bottle's circular opening;
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- a removeable cap for covering said vacuum stopper's upper portion, said cap having a top and a sidewall forming a central cavity, said cavity sized and having a height to entirely accept said vacuum stopper's upper portion in said cavity, and said cavity sized so that said cap's sidewall can form a press fit engagement with said vacuum stopper upper portion's rim;
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- wherein said vacuum stopper's neck portion is positioned within said bottle's neck, and said vacuum stopper's upper portion is within and completely covered by said removeable cap.
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A method of evacuating and storing wine in a wine bottle comprising the steps of:
- providing a bottle having a chamber partially filled wine, said bottle having and a neck with a circular opening;
- providing a vacuum stopper including a neck portion, an upper portion extending above said neck portion, a conduit extending longitudinally through said neck portion and said upper portion, and a one-way valve located within said conduit which freely permits air to flow upwardly through said conduit but inhibits air from flowing downwardly through said conduit, said neck portion having a diameter for entering and providing a seal with said bottle's circular opening, said upper portion having a longitudinally extending height and a laterally extending rim which is too large to enter into said bottle's circular opening;
- providing a removeable cap for covering said vacuum stopper's upper portion, said cap having a top and a sidewall forming a central cavity, said cavity sized and having a height to entirely accept said vacuum stopper's upper portion in said cavity, and said cavity sized so that said cap's sidewall can form a press fit engagement with said vacuum stopper upper portion's rim;
- providing a pump capable of pumping air through vacuum stopper's conduit;
- positioning said vacuum stopper's neck portion through said circular opening within said wine bottle's neck to form a gaseous seal between said vacuum stopper and said wine bottle's neck;
- evacuating air from said bottle by pumping air through vacuum stopper's conduit;
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- completely covering said vacuum stopper's upper portion by placing said removeable cap upon said vacuum stopper's upper portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.