# US 7,464,567 B1 · Apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine

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- Number: US 7,464,567 B1
- Document ID: US7464567B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 11/383,820
- Filed: 2006-05-17
- Granted: 2008-12-16
- Earliest claimed: 2005-05-17
- Inventors: Rita J. Crossley; William E. Crossley
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7464567B1

## CPC

- F25D 3/08: portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
- B67D 3/0083: {for the liquid container}
- F25D 31/006: {specially adapted for cooling receptacles, e.g. tanks}
- F25D 2303/082: disposed in a cold storage element not forming part of a container for products to be cooled, e.g. ice pack or gel accumulator
- F25D 2303/0831: the liquid is disposed in the space between the walls of the container
- F25D 2303/0841: external to the container for a beverage, e.g. a bottle, can, drinking glass or pitcher
- F25D 2303/0843: on the side of the product
- F25D 2303/0844: above the product
- F25D 2331/801: Bags
- F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B)
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)

## Abstract

An apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine from a wine-filled bag of a prepackaged wine box, generally comprising an insulated parallelpiped box with molded handles, an upper front panel and a lower front panel with semi-circular notches forming a circle into which the wine tap for such wine-fulled may be locked into place for dispensing wine. One embodiment employs a cold or frozen freezable liquid pack placed on each side of the wine-filled bag, while another embodiment provides freezable, liquid-filled side, top, and rear panels. A drip reservoir is provided to prevent messy wine drippage. A name tag identifying the type of wine being dispensed may be placed into a nameplate slot centered on the upper front panel. The present apparatus may be made in a variety of colors and decorative exterior designs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine comprising:
a generally parallelepiped box further comprising
a top panel;
a side panel on each side of said top panel, said side panel further comprising:
an exterior side wall;
a side wall mid-space; and
an interior side wall;
a side wall slot located on the front panel;
an upper front panel;
the upper front panel is disposed in the slot;
a lower front panel;
a rear panel further comprising:
an exterior real wall;
mid-rear wall space; and
interior rear wall;
a bottom panel, said bottom panel being wedge-shaped on an interior edge;
a handle on each side panel;
an opening centered on a front edge of said front panel;
a semi-circular turned up notch centered on a top edge of said lower front panel;
a semi-circular turned down notch centered on a bottom edge of said upper front panel;
an exterior locking ring located at a juncture of said upper front panel and said lower front panel;
an interior locking ring located on the inside of said apparatus at a juncture of said upper and front panel and said lower front panel
a wine tap further comprising:
wine tap pouring piece;
a wine tap upper piece; and
a wine tap rear piece; and
a drip reservoir further comprising:
a drip reservoir top piece;
a drip reservoir extension piece;
a drip reservoir receiver piece; and
a drip reservoir front piece.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine of claim 1 further comprising a nameplate slot located on said upper front panel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine of claim 1 further comprising:
a drip reservoir top piece approximately 9 cm in length;
a drip reservoir extension piece approximately 9 cm in length;
a drip reservoir receiver piece approximately 4 cm in length; and
a drip reservoir front piece approximately 1 cm in length.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine of claim 1 wherein each side
panel and said rear panel are filled with freezable liquid.

### Claim 5

An apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine comprising:
a generally parallelpiped box further comprising
a double-walled top panel;
a side panel on each side of said top panel, said side panel further comprising:
an exterior side wall;
a side wall mid-space; and
an interior side wall;
a side wall slot located on the front panel;
an upper front panel;
the upper front panel is disposed in the slot;
a lower front panel;
a rear panel further comprising:
an exterior real wall;
mid-rear wall space filled with freezable liquid;
interior rear wall;
a double-walled bottom panel, said bottom panel being wedge-shaped on an interior edge;
a handle on each side panel;
an opening centered on a front edge of said top panel;
a semi-circular turned up notch centered on a top edge of said lower front panel;
a semi-circular turned down notch centered on a bottom edge of said upper front panel;
an exterior locking ring located at a juncture of said upper front panel and said lower front panel;
an interior locking ring located on the inside of said apparatus at a juncture of said upper front panel and said lower front panel
a wine tap further comprising:
wine tap pouring piece;
a wine tap upper piece; and
a wine tap rear piece; and
a drip reservoir further comprising:
a drip reservoir top piece;
a drip reservoir extension piece;
a drip reservoir receiver piece; and
a drip reservoir front piece.

### Claim 6

A method of cooling and dispensing wine comprising steps of:
removing a wine-filled bag from a prepackaged box of wine;
sliding an upper front panel upwardly and removing said upper front panel of said an apparatus for cooling and dispensing wine;
placing said apparatus on a flat surface with rear panel facing downwardly on the surface and lower front panel facing upwardly;
inserting one frozen liquid pack flat against rear panel;
inserting said wine-filled bag into apparatus with wine tap facing toward the lower front panel;
inserting wine tap rear piece through interior locking ring and through exterior locking ring;
fitting said wine tap into a semi-circular turned up notch of lower front panel with wine tap upper piece facing up and wine tap pouring piece facing downwardly;
inserting another frozen liquid pack against said front panel and toward the back of the wine-filled bag, on the opposite end from the wine tap;
replacing said upper front panel with nameplate slot facing outwardly, by inserting a bottom edge of said upper front panel into a slot located on the front panel;
continuing to slide in upper front panel into position until said upper front panel comes to a rest against lower front panel, thus locking said wine tap in place;
positioning apparatus in an upright position with top panel facing up and wine tap facing downwardly; and
sliding a drip reservoir top piece between a bottom panel of said apparatus and surface upon which apparatus rests.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of cooling and dispensing wine of claim 6 further comprising a step of:
writing the type of wine being dispensed on a name tag; and
placing said name tag into said nameplate slot.