Patent ID: 8915167
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
1. A cork screw comprising: a divided body comprising two arms, wherein the divided body has a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the arms are joined by a cork stop body positioned between the upper portion of the arms, and wherein the cork stop body comprises a planar surface and an aperture for receiving a spiral screw; a spiral screw for driving into a cork to thereby remove the cork from a bottle having a neck, wherein the spiral screw traverses the cork stop body through the aperture and wherein the spiral screw comprises a flange that abuts the planar surface of the cork stop body to provide resistive force to the spiral screw as the cork is returned to the bottle using the cork screw; a handle, attached to a top of the spiral screw, for driving the spiral screw into the cork; an upper stop, integral to the arms, for maintaining the position of the cork screw relative to the bottle as the cork is being removed from the bottle using the spiral screw; and a lower stop, integral to the arms, for maintaining the position of the cork screw relative to the bottle as the cork is being returned to the bottle using the spiral screw.