Patent ID: 9415904
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. In combination with a wine bottle, said bottle having an opening and an extractable closure for said opening, said closure comprising: a solid cylindrical body having an outer face and an inner face, said cylindrical body comprising a length of said closure from said outer face to said inner face and comprising a single compressible material disposed in said bottle opening; and a corkscrew guide disposed in said outer face of said closure, said corkscrew guide comprising a shallow annular recess substantially centered on the axis of said cylindrical body and said recess having two non-central perimeter walls, said recess to accept a tip of a corkscrew and said walls providing constraint at any point along the perimeter of said recess, and wherein said recess is adapted to a helix of the corkscrew to promote a central position of the corkscrew during use.