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 comprising 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 bottle is modified to remedy its susceptibility to rolling and accidental breakage when the 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 multiplicity of between approximately 8 and 24 bumpers positioned and formed at regular intervals along at least one circumferential path around the outer sidewall surface, and the bumpers project between 2 mm and 6 mm outward from the outer sidewall surface, thereby enabling at least one pair of neighboring bumpers to support the bottle stored on its side without the bottle rocking or rolling.
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