Patent ID: 6212721
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65D,B67B

Abstract:
A combined bottle opener and stopper for bottle necks of either the type which have a rim for mating with a crimp-on cap or which have male threads with a predetermined pitch for threaded mating with a cap having female threads, comprising:a plate made of sheet material having upper and lower major surfaces,said plate having converging sides which extend, on a part of the length of said plate, down from said plate for grasping the outer periphery of a bottle cap and also for engaging a rim on a neck of said bottle, the remaining part of said length of said plate having edges bent downward perpendicular to the surface of said plate, the inner surfaces of said edges which are bent downward having means for engagement with said crimped-on caps;resilient means between said sides on the lower major surface of said plate having an exposed surface hermetically closing the opening of said bottle after said cap is removed,said converging sides having edges which are located at least at three different distances from said lower major surface of said plate, the difference in distances of said edges from said lower major surface corresponding to said predetermined pitch of said male threads on said bottle neck, said sides and edges shaped so as to be able to engage the male threads of a threaded bottle neck so that said opener and stopper can be used to seal the neck of a threaded bottle, said plate having a recess in said lower major surface, and said resilient means being accommodated in said recess so that said exposed surface of said resilient means is in flush with said lower major surface.