Patent ID: 6257092
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
A corkscrew assembly of the self-pull type comprising a screw member and a holding member from which the screw member is separable, the screw member comprising a screw having an axis, a lower end adapted to be inserted into a cork and an upper end secured to a handle by which the screw member may be rotated about the axis, the holding member having a body formed with a bore to receive the screw and a pair of arms extending downwardly therefrom and arranged to engage a top of and opposite sides of a neck of a bottle, the arrangement being such that initially as the screw member is rotated the screw enters the cork while further rotation causes the cork to be pulled from the neck of the bottle, characterised in that the screw is loosely received in the bore and a lower part of the handle has a projecting portion which is a snap fit in the bore of the holding member when the screw member is substantially fully inserted into the holding member, so as to retain the screw member and holding member together against inadvertent separation only in that substantially fully inserted position.