Patent ID: 6435362
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B65D,B67B

Abstract:
A device for extracting a cork or stopper sealing an open end of a bottle comprising:a tapered elongated threaded member having a longitudinal axis; the threaded member having a head portion; the threaded member threadably received within the cork or stopper with the head portion exposed; the head portion provided with a rectangular-shaped opening extending through the head portion transverse to the longitudinal axis of the threaded member; the rectangular-shaped opening having a longitudinal width and a lateral width; the head portion further provided with an axial opening extending from a top surface of the screw and communicating into the rectangular-shaped opening; the axial opening having a width; a pull string having one end fixedly secured to the threaded member; a triangular-shaped end piece with a base; the base of the triangular-shaped end piece secured to a free end of the pull string; the base sized to have a lateral width greater than the lateral width of the rectangular opening but less than the longitudinal width of the rectangular opening and less than the width of the axial opening; whereby when the triangular-shaped end piece is inserted through the axial opening and the rectangular opening and the end piece rotated until the base is positioned across the lateral width of the rectangular opening, the base of the triangular end piece is prevented from retracting through the rectangular opening, and the cork or stopper is removable by pulling on the string.