Cork remover

Apparatus for removing stoppers pushed down through the neck and into the chamber of a container which comprises elongated probe means of sufficient length for insertion into a necked container to reach through the neck of and into the chamber of such container, said probe comprising shaft means terminating in end means, said end means comprising a flat surface projecting from said probe at an angle substantially normal to said probe, said surface pointing in a direction substantially toward the top of said probe, handle means mounted on the top of said probe for gripably receiving fingers comprising two loop means extending from the top of said probe and thumb rest means extending in the same direction as said flat surface and at an angle to said shaft sufficient to allow upward pressure applied by fingers in said loop means and downward pressure applied by a thumb on said thumb rest for one handed control of said shaft and said flat surface under a stopper in the chamber of a necked container.