Patent ID: 7533781
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A closure for a wine bottle opening comprising: a cylindrical body comprising a compressible material having an outer surface and an inner surface, said cylindrical body disposable in the wine bottle opening; a disk-shaped plug disposed on said outer surface of said cylindrical body, said disk-shaped plug comprising an outer face and an inner face and comprising a deformable material; and a corkscrew guide disposed in said outer surface of said disk-shaped plug, said guide comprising an annular recess having one outer opening, said opening smaller than the diameter of said outer surface and smaller than the inner diameter of the bottle opening, and said recess having at least two walls, at least one of said walls to constrain a tip of a corkscrew and to constrain radial positioning of the corkscrew as the corkscrew penetrates said disk-shaped plug, and a closed bottom surface of said recess, said bottom surface disposed in said recess between said outer face and said inner face of said disk-shaped plug; and wherein said recess is substantially disposed and centered in said outer face of said disk-shaped plug to accept and constrain a helix tip of the corkscrew during use of the corkscrew.