Patent ID: 7708241
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A wine decanting apparatus, comprising: a cradle having a closed wall at the rearward end, a pair of bilaterally disposed elongate side rails, and an open end; said cradle enabling the lip of the mouth of a bottle cradled therein to communicate with the lip of a decanting receptacle positioned on a generally horizontal support surface; a pair of columns bilaterally hinged to the side rails of said cradle at the open end of said cradle; a means for tilting said cradle relative to said pair of columns; said tilting means driving the rearward end of said cradle upwardly while maintaining the position of the mouth of the bottle adjacent to and in pouring alignment with the lip of the decanting receptacle positioned on the support surface; and, a control unit operatively connected to said means for tilting.