Patent ID: 7490534

Claim:
A cork extractor for removing a cork extending from the top of a bottle, the cork extractor comprising: a first gripping member having a head portion joined to a handle; a second gripping member having a head portion joined to a handle, the second member being pivotally connected to the first member for rotation in a plane normal to the axis of the bottle, each of the head portions having downwardly depending flanges for securely engaging opposing sides of the neck of the bottle; a pair of opposing jaw members slidably mounted on the heads of the first and second members, the jaws including cork gripping means; and an extractor lever pivotally mounted on at least one of the gripping members, the extractor lever including a head portion joined to a handle, the head portion including a contact plate flanked by a pair of walls, the walls operatively receiving a portion of the jaw members for movement relative to the head portion, whereby, pivotal movement of the handle of the extractor lever raises the jaw members relative to the flanges.