Patent ID: 6820519
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
A cork extractor comprising:a fulcrum element comprising two parallel side walls forming a channel therebetween with an open side and a closed side, the fulcrum element extending longitudinally at one end thereof to form a rim constructed and arranged to rest against a bottle neck, each of said walls having a longitudinal slot formed therein between a first slot wall closer to the open side and substantially parallel to the side walls, and a second slot wall closer to the closed side, with a plurality of no more than three notches formed in the second slot wall distributed over the slot from a top end of the slot to a bottom end, said slots comprising: a first notch at the slot end closer to the rim which comprises a rounded bottom, and a second slot wall portion extended toward a mid- to upper-point of the first slot wall and a second notch comprising a rounded bottom; a lever having a pin at one end thereof which is freely slidable within said slot and which may be received in said notches to engage a selected one of said notches; and a corkscrew wire pivotally attached to said lever and spaced from said pin; whereby a cork can be extracted from a bottle neck by inserting the corkscrew wire in the cork with the pin in a first notch, pulling up on the lever to at least partially extract the cork, moving the pin to a subsequent notch and pulling up on the lever again to further extract the cork.