Patent Application
20230406599
On many occasions, individuals may often be left with an opened bottle or two of wine or Champagne. Preserving the exotic flavors, carbonation, and/or overall quality of the opened and unused bottles, however, can be challenging when the original bottle cork or a supplement option is not available. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus to help seal up unused wine or champagne to preserve the quality of the drink and serve as a fun gag gift is not being met by any known device or system at present. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
The main purpose of the gag gift tampon cork applicator is to provide users with a wine bottle cork that looks and operates like a tampon, that will serve as a kitchen accessory and a “gag-gift”.
A bottle cork device disclosed comprises a plunger applicator and a barrel configured to receive the plunger applicator therein and to be slidingly received into a mouth of the bottle. The bottle also includes a cork configured to be slidingly received into the barrel past a tip thereof and expand to seal with a neck of the bottle. The disclosure further includes a string attached to the cork through the plunger applicator and extend beyond the mouth of the bottle.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
Therefore the disclosure acts as a cap to a liquid in the bottle and looks similar to an inserted tampon. The cork C is slidingly received in the barrel B so it can be removed therefrom by the string S and yet the barrel B remains in the mouth of the bottle BM. Embodiments without the fissures F are included where the barrel B has a textured surface to stay inside the bottle mouth BM and the bottle neck BN even without a presence of the cork C depending on respective coefficients of friction between the barrel B and the bottle and the cork C.
The present disclosed gag gift tampon cork applicator, also known as the “Wine-Pon” offers a modern accessory that provides users with a funny gift or gadget that prevents leftover alcoholic beverages from going flat, permitting the user to enjoy the drink at later times; thus, improving the drinking experience. Expanding on the initial concept of a tampon, the wine-pon introduces a novel cork that is inserted into a primary applicator and then inserted into the wine bottle, in the exact way that a tampon is used with respect to disposable hygiene practices. Once the applicator is inserted into the bottle, the cork will expand to the neck of the bottle thereby preventing further oxidation. When the user is ready to pour from the bottle, at a later time, they would simply remove the cork and save it for reuse, when required. The wine-pan offers a quirkier yet more effective means of preserving wine and champagne as it keeps their distinctive fruity notes and/or carbonation fresh, for days. This innovative, top-quality product can be given as a novelty gift or used to benefit all homeowners who seek to have a more efficient means of corking their bottles.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
