Patent ID: 7591222

Claim:
A compressing device for bottle having a first plate located on one side of a bottle, a second plate located on an opposite side of said bottle, a strap attached to a tightening means to allow tightening of said first plate and said second plate against said bottle and further; comprising: said first plate having a rounded external face; said second plate having a flat external face; said second plate having concave sides configured and sized to receive protuberances; said first plate has a generally convex shape on a first plate interior wall and said first plate interior wall has a concave central part to help in centring said bottle; both extremities of said first plate are rounded off in direction of the length of said first plate and along the width of said first plate so as to induce a proper deformation of said bottle; a lower extremity, located at the bottom of said first plate, compresses a part of a bottle's bottom located in between two crevices while an upper extremity, located at the upper end of said first plate, compresses an upper part of said bottle; said rounded external face has a pair of wings extending integrally therefrom; each said wing has a protuberance raising therefrom; said second plate is configured so as to mate with said first plate interior wall; said second plate has said concave sides configured and sized to receive said protuberances when said bottle is fully crushed; peaks, located on said second plate compress said bottle against dips located on said first plate; said peaks are aligned between crevices located on said bottle's bottom.