Patent Application
20220169487
The present disclosure relates generally to a wine aerating apparatus that can be attached and removed from a corkscrew, bottle opener, wine key, or waiter's wine key, and subsequently placed on a corked bottle opening for pouring and aerating. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an aeration pourer that has an internal threaded channel that allows the aerating apparatus to be affixed to or removed from a corkscrew, bottle opener, wine key, or waiter's wine key by twisting, sliding, pulling, or pushing. Preferably, the pourer has both a ventilation shaft and an aeration hole.
In the world of wine, there are numerous corked bottle openers and separate apparatuses to allow poured wine to aerate creating a more enjoyable experience for the wine drinker. There are several variations of the corked bottle opener, including twisting corkscrews, waiter's corkscrews, bottle openers, wine keys, waiter's wine keys, and air pressure wine openers.
A wine aerator is useful as it works by introducing a larger amount of oxidation to the wine than would be normally achieved when the wine is allowed to breathe on its own.
Although there are many types of bottle openers and many types of wine aerators, there does not exist an aerator that is configured to matingly engage with a worm or corkscrew of a bottle opener. This would provide a convenient way to store and carry a wine aerator.
Therefore, a need exists in the field for a novel wine aerator that can be affixed to a worm or corkscrew of a waiter's corkscrew or wine key for singular, convenient, and compact carry.
To minimize the limitations in the cited references, and to minimize other limitations that will become apparent upon reading and understanding the present specification, the present specification discloses a portable aerator with a threaded channel that allows for fluid, typically a liquid, such as wine, to pour through the body and out the spout opposite the base. The threaded channel, which is also referred to as the threaded channel, allows the portable aerator to be removeably engaged with a worm or a corkscrew of a bottle opener or wine key. Preferably, the aerator is twisted or screwed on to the worm and is thus kept substantially in place (no accidental slipping) until it is unscrewed or twisted off. In other embodiments, the surface of the threaded channel may engage with the worm wherein friction keeps the aerator engaged with the worm.
One embodiment may be a portable aerator, comprising: a main aeration body; a base portion; an internal cavity; and a spout portion. The internal cavity may comprise a threaded channel and extend from a base portion opening to a spout portion opening. The internal cavity may be configured to pass a liquid that enters the internal cavity body at the base opening out through the spout portion opening. The threaded channel may be threaded on an interior surface, such that the threaded channel may be configured to matingly engage and disengage with a worm of a corkscrew bottle opening device via twisting and untwisting, respectively. The base portion may be configured to matingly engage with an interior surface of a bottle opening of a bottle containing the liquid. The portable aerator may also include at least one ventilation shaft. The ventilation shaft may comprise a ventilation base opening and one or more side vents. The ventilation shaft may be configured to pass air from the one or more side vents to a ventilation base opening when the liquid may be passed through the internal cavity. At least one of the side vents may be not covered by the bottle opening when the portable aerator may be engaged with the bottle opening. The portable aerator may further comprise an aeration opening and an aeration inlet. The aeration opening and the aeration inlet may be configured to allow air to be drawn into the liquid as it passes through the internal cavity. Preferably, the aeration inlet may be located at a narrow point of the internal cavity. The ventilation shaft may comprise an extension tube that may be telescoping, such that it may be configured to have a stored configuration and an extended configuration. The corkscrew bottle opening device may be a waiter's wine key. When the portable aerator may be engaged with the worm, the portable aerator may preferably be substantially held in place until it may be untwisted from the worm. The outer surface of the base portion may be made of cork and/or rubber, and the base portion may be tapered.
Another embodiment may be a portable aerator, comprising: a main aeration body; a base portion; an internal cavity; at least one ventilation shaft; a spout portion; an aeration opening; and an aeration inlet. The internal cavity may comprise a threaded channel and extends from a base portion opening to a spout portion opening. The internal cavity may be configured to pass a liquid that enters the internal cavity body at the base opening out through the spout portion opening. The threaded channel may be threaded on an interior surface, such that the threaded channel may be configured to matingly engage and disengage with a worm of a corkscrew bottle opening device via twisting and untwisting, respectively. The base portion may be configured to matingly engage with an interior surface of a bottle opening of a bottle containing the liquid. The ventilation shaft may comprise a ventilation base opening and one or more side vents. The ventilation shaft may be configured to pass air from the one or more side vents to a ventilation base opening when the liquid may be passed through the internal cavity. The side vents may be not covered by the bottle opening when the portable aerator may be engaged with the bottle opening. The aeration opening and the aeration inlet may be configured to allow air to be drawn into the liquid as it passes through the internal cavity. The aeration inlet may be located at a narrow point of the internal cavity. The ventilation shaft may further comprise a telescoping extension tube that may be configured to have stored and extended configurations. When the portable aerator may be engaged with the worm, the portable aerator may be kept substantially in place until it may be untwisted from the worm.
Another embodiment may be a portable aerator, comprising: a main aeration body; a base portion; an internal cavity; at least one ventilation shaft; a spout portion; an aeration opening; and an aeration inlet; wherein the internal cavity may comprise a threaded channel; wherein the internal cavity extends from a base portion opening to a spout portion opening; wherein the internal cavity may be configured to pass a liquid that enters the internal cavity body at the base opening out through the spout portion opening; wherein the threaded channel may be threaded on an interior surface, such that the threaded channel may be configured to matingly engage and disengage with a worm of a corkscrew bottle opening device via twisting and untwisting, respectively; wherein the base portion may be configured to matingly engage with an interior surface of a bottle opening of a bottle containing the liquid; wherein the at least one ventilation shaft may comprise a ventilation base opening and one or more side vents; wherein the ventilation shaft may be configured to pass air from the one or more side vents to a ventilation base opening when the liquid may be passed through the internal cavity; wherein at least one of the one or more side vents may be not covered by the bottle opening when the portable aerator may be engaged with the bottle opening; wherein the aeration opening and the aeration inlet allow air to be drawn into the liquid as it passes through the internal cavity; wherein the at least one ventilation shaft further may comprise an extension tube; wherein the extension tube may be telescoping, such that it has a stored configuration and an extended configuration; and wherein when the portable aerator may be engaged with the worm, the portable aerator may be kept substantially in place until it may be untwisted from the worm. The aeration inlet may be located at a narrow point of the internal cavity. The base portion may be tapered.
In various embodiments, the wine aerating apparatus can be made from plastic, rubber, metal, wood, and/or cork. The bottle engagement portion of the portable aerator can be tapered, such that it gets narrower, which may allow it to fit with a wide variety of bottles.
Other features and advantages will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description and its accompanying drawings.
The drawings are of illustrative embodiments. They do not illustrate all embodiments. Other embodiments may be used in addition or instead. Details which may be apparent or unnecessary may be omitted to save space or for more effective illustration. Some embodiments may be practiced with additional components or steps and/or without all of the components or steps which are illustrated. When the same numeral appears in different drawings, it refers to the same or like components or steps.
In the following detailed description of various embodiments, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of various aspects of the embodiments. However, the embodiments may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well-known procedures and/or components have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments.
While some embodiments are disclosed here, other embodiments will become obvious to those skilled in the art as a result of the following detailed description. These embodiments are capable of modifications of various obvious aspects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of protection. The Figures, and their detailed descriptions, are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive. Also, the reference or non-reference to a particular embodiment shall not be interpreted to limit the scope of protection.
In the following description, certain terminology is used to describe certain features of one or more embodiments. For purposes of the specification, unless otherwise specified, the term “substantially” refers to the complete or nearly complete extent or degree of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, group of items, or result. For example, in one embodiment, an object that is “substantially” located within a housing would mean that the object is either completely within a housing or nearly completely within a housing. The exact allowable degree of deviation from absolute completeness may in some cases depend on the specific context. However, generally speaking, the nearness of completion will be so as to have the same overall result as if absolute and total completion were obtained. The use of “substantially” is also equally applicable when used in a negative connotation to refer to the complete or near complete lack of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, group of items, or result. In another example, substantially all of a group of items, may include all of the items of that group, or at least all of the items of that group that re generally within the normal parameters for the items. To the extent that the group of items might include members that far exceed the normal parameters, this abnormal item might not be expected to be part of substantially all the group of items.
As used herein, the terms “approximately” and “about” generally refer to a deviance of within 5% of the indicated number or range of numbers. In one embodiment, the term “approximately” and “about”, may refer to a deviance of between 0.0001-40% from the indicated number or range of numbers.
The drawings show illustrative embodiments, but do not depict all embodiments. Other embodiments may be used in addition to or instead of the illustrative embodiments. Details that may be apparent or unnecessary may be omitted for the purpose of saving space or for more effective illustrations. Some embodiments may be practiced with additional components or steps and/or without some or all components or steps provided in the illustrations. When different drawings contain the same numeral, that numeral refers to the same or similar components or steps.
In various embodiments, the pourer main body 102 may be substantially cylindrical, as shown, or may be in substantially any shape, such as triangular and oval.
The base portion 105 is preferably the shape that allows it to matingly engage with a bottle opening. If the bottle opening is cylindrical, square, or oval, than the base portion 105 may be reciprocally cylindrical, square, or oval, respectively.
The spout portion 120 is shown as a cylindrical and bent shape. In other embodiments, the spout portion 120 may have an outer shape that is curved, fluted, oval, straight, cylindrical, rectangular, triangular, or the like.
The portable aerator 100 may, in whole or in part, be composite, cork, plastic, glass, rubber, wood, and combinations thereof. For example, the base portion 105 may have, at least, a cork or rubber exterior surface in order to sealingly and matingly engage a bottle opening. Preferably, the cavity 199 may be plastic, glass or lined with plastic, or glass to provide a non-reactive surface with which the liquid may come into contact.
The cavity 199, base portion opening 115, threaded channel 116, base portion opening 115, and spout portion opening 117, may be substantially any shape, including, but not limited to, triangular, square, and/or cylindrical.
Although only one cavity 199 is shown, there may be two or more cavities that allow the liquid to pass through the aerator 100.
Although only one ventilation shaft 111 is shown, there may be more than one ventilating shaft.
Unless otherwise stated, all measurements, values, ratings, positions, magnitudes, sizes, locations, and other specifications that are set forth in this specification, including in the claims that follow, are approximate, not exact. They are intended to have a reasonable range that is consistent with the functions to which they relate and with what is customary in the art to which they pertain.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiment has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description. While multiple embodiments are disclosed, still other embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the above detailed description. These embodiments are capable of modifications in various obvious aspects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of protection. Accordingly, the detailed description is to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive. Also, although not explicitly recited, one or more embodiments may be practiced in combination or conjunction with one another. Furthermore, the reference or non-reference to a particular embodiment shall not be interpreted to limit the scope of protection. It is intended that the scope of protection not be limited by this detailed description, but by the claims and the equivalents to the claims that are appended hereto.
Except as stated immediately above, nothing that has been stated or illustrated is intended or should be interpreted to cause a dedication of any component, step, feature, object, benefit, advantage, or equivalent, to the public, regardless of whether it is or is not recited in the claims.
This U.S. Non-Provisional patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/118,827, filed on Nov. 27, 2020, by Felix Martin, titled Novel Wine Aerator Application Device For Corkscrews And Liquid Aerating, the contents of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein as though set forth in their entirety, and to which priority is claimed.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63118827 | Nov 2020 | US |
