Patent ID: 6568549
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
A cork extracting and bottle system comprising:a bottle having an open top end; a cork being positioned in said open top end; a tubular member having a first open end, a second open end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second open ends, said peripheral wall having an outer threaded surface, said first open end having an inner annular shoulder thereon, said tubular member being positioned over the top end of the bottle such that said shoulder abuts the top end; a cover member having a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downward from a perimeter edge of said top wall, said top wall having a generally circular shape, said perimeter wall having an inner threaded surface, said perimeter wall having an inner diameter generally equal to an outer diameter of said tubular member such that said cover member may be positioned over and threadably coupled to said tubular member when said cover member is rotated in a first direction, said perimeter edge having a pair of elongated slots therein, each of said slots having a first end edge and a second end edge, each of a pair of elongate arcuate members having a first end and a second end, each of said first ends being positioned in one of said slots and hingedly coupled to said perimeter edge generally adjacent to a respective first end edge of said slots, each of said arcuate members being positionable between an open position extending outwardly from said cover member and a closed position abutting said peripheral edge and positioned in the respective slot; and a corkscrew being elongate and having a first end and a second end and being threaded from said first end to said second end, a disc being attached to said first end, said disc having a generally centrally located bore therein, said bore having channeled side walls, said corkscrew being rotated in a first direction such that said second end extends through said top wall of said cover member and into the cork, said disc being sunken into a depression in said top wall; wherein said cover member is rotated in said second direction such that the cork is extracted from the bottle.