Patent Application
20220380094
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The disclosure relates to bottle pour spout devices and more particularly pertains to a new bottle pour spout device for preventing injury while bartending. The present device includes a plug to engage a bottle opening and a firm pour spout that will elastically deform when hit and will not cut a bartender.
The prior art relates to bottle pour spout devices. Known devices include various plug and spout designs. These devices often employ metal pour spouts that can cut bartenders during use as well as during installation and removal from bottles.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plug core having a core top, a core sidewall, and a core bottom. The plug core has a core aperture extending from the core top through the core bottom. The core sidewall is configured to be sealingly inserted into a bottle neck of a bottle. A plug top is coupled to the plug core. The plug top is coupled to the core top and has a diameter greater than the plug core. The plug top has a top aperture aligned with the core aperture. The plug top is configured to rest on top of the bottle neck of the bottle. A spout cap has a cap top side, a cap bottom side, and a cap aperture extending from the cap top side through the cap bottom side. The cap aperture aligns with the core aperture. A spout bottom is coupled to the spout cap. The spout bottom is selectively engageable with the plug core and the plug top. The spout bottom extends from above the plug top through the top aperture and into the core aperture. A spout top is coupled to the spout bottom. The spout top has a spout sidewall and a spout perimeter. The spout perimeter is sufficiently dull so as to be incapable of cutting human skin. The spout top is elastically deformable under blunt force to avoid injury yet sufficiently rigid for accurate pouring. A ventilation tube is coupled to the spout bottom and the spout top. The ventilation tube extends from above the plug top through the top aperture and through the core aperture to below the core bottom.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plug top 30 is coupled to the plug core 12. The plug top 30 is coupled to the core top 14 and has a diameter greater than the plug core 12. The plug top 30 has a top aperture 32 aligned with the core aperture 20. The plug top 30 is configured to rest on top of the bottle neck 24 of the bottle. The plug top 30 may be a more rigid material than the plug core 12 in order to not deform when pressed against the bottle 26.
A spout cap 34 has a cap top side 36, a cap bottom side 38, and a cap aperture 40 extending from the cap top side 36 through the cap bottom side 38. The cap aperture 40 aligns with the core aperture 20. The diameter of the spout cap 34 is greater than the diameter of the plug top 30 to allow for easier applied force to cause separation when desired.
A spout bottom 42 is coupled to the spout cap 34. The spout bottom 42 is selectively engageable with the plug core 12 and the plug top 30. The spout bottom 42 extends from above the plug top 30 through the top aperture 32 and into the core aperture 20 to adjacent the base portion 22.
A spout top 44 is coupled to the spout bottom 42. The spout top 44 has a spout sidewall 46 and a spout perimeter 48. The spout top 44 may be arcuate and may taper thinner towards the spout perimeter 48. The spout perimeter 48 is sufficiently dull so as to be incapable of cutting human skin. The spout top 44 is elastically deformable under blunt force to avoid injury yet sufficiently rigid for accurate pouring. The spout top 44 may thus be a firm yet elastically deformable rubberized material such as, but not limited to, silicone and the like.
A ventilation tube 50 is coupled to the spout bottom 42 and the spout top 44. The spout bottom 42 and the spout top 44 may have a depressed tube channel 52 with the ventilation tube 50 coupled within the tube channel 52. The ventilation tube 50 extends from above the plug top 30 through the top aperture 32 and through the core aperture 20 to below the core bottom 18. The tube channel 52 may have a wider ventilation mouth portion 54 extending into the spout sidewall 46 around a tube top end 56 of the ventilation tube. A tube bottom end 58 is configured to extend deep enough into the bottle neck 24 to access air during pouring to allow for a smoother pour.
In use, the plug core 12 is inserted into the bottle neck 24 until the plug top 30 contacts the bottle 26. The apparatus 10 is then used as a traditional pour spout. When accidently hit with strong force the spout top 44 bends to avoid causing injury to the user.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
