Patent ID: 8231032

Claim:
A gas retaining container comprising: carbonated beverage bottle; a carbonated beverage residing in the carbonated beverage bottle; a bottle neck at an upper end of the carbonated beverage bottle, the bottle neck including male threads; a bottle neck rim below the male threads; a bottle cap having female threads on an interior surface engaging the male threads of the bottle neck for securing and sealing the bottle cap to the bottle neck; a tamper seal residing over a tamper seal ring between the bottle neck rim and the male threads, the tamper seal detachable from the bottle cap upon releasing the bottle cap from the carbonated beverage bottle to indicate that the carbonated beverage bottle has been opened; and a beverage release cap residing over the bottle cap and including: an open top; a retaining groove on a lower inside surface of the beverage release cap cooperating with the bottle neck rim for retaining the beverage release cap on the bottle neck and providing a seal between the beverage release cap and the carbonated beverage bottle both when the beverage release cap is closed and when the beverage release cap is opened to release the carbonated beverage; an internal tamper seal groove near the base of the beverage release cap containing the tamper seal residing over the tamper seal ring; and an inside surface of the beverage release cap including angularly spaced apart axially extending ribs reaching in to contact the bottle cap, inner surfaces of the ribs engaging an outside surface of the bottle cap to couple turning of the beverage release cap to turning of the bottle cap, spaces between the ribs allowing the carbonated beverage to escape from the carbonated beverage bottle, wherein turning the beverage release cap to turn the bottle cap releases beverage to flow between the bottle neck and the bottle cap and between the bottle cap and the beverage release cap and out the open top of the beverage release cap, the beverage release cap remaining translationally fixed on the carbonated beverage bottle during rotation to release the carbonated beverage.