This invention relates to the wine accessory industry; and more particularly to a liquid absorbing fabric ring made to specific size and shape that is designed to catch unwanted wine drips that follow your pour of wine. The Wine Drip Ring protects the wine label, table linens and other multiple surfaces from wine stains with the benefit of being disposable.
No matter how much of a wine enthusiast you are, you cannot escape the annoying wine drip that follows your pour of wine into the glass. You more than likely have noticed how inevitable it is to spill a small stream of wine down the side of the wine bottle after pouring. Nice restaurants are aware of this issue and wrap a napkin around the bottle neck to protect their table linens and the wine label from wine stains. One reason for this drip, is that liquid poured from a glass bottle tends to curl back and run down the side of the bottle because glass is hydrophilic (attracts water-based liquids). The current design of wine bottles date back to the 1800s and it is interesting that still; no new design has been developed to address the after pour drip problem. The Wine Drip Ring is a novel, low cost and disposable solution to catch the annoying drip that follows your pour of wine.
The principal objective of this invention is to provide a device that has a pleasant appearance with a liquid absorbing fabric that is cut into the shape of a ring with; the exact measurements and design that slips down firmly over the neck of a wine bottle to catch unwanted wine drips that follow your pour of wine into a glass. The Wine Drip Ring is designed and used to catch the drip to protect the wine label, table linens and other multiple surfaces from wine stains. The design and shape of the Wine Drip Ring makes the instructions for placement on the bottle immediately apparent. In addition, the Wine Drip Ring is made of an inexpensive liquid absorbing fabric that is disposable when the bottle of wine is empty.
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