Patent ID: 8011816

Claim:
A cap apparatus for sealing an opening of a beverage bottle comprising: a base member having a top portion and a downwardly depending portion formed with male threads, said base member defining an interior cavity opening downwardly through said downwardly depending portion, said base member supporting an activation switch; a lighting device mounted to said base member within said interior cavity, said lighting device having a control circuit operably connected to said activation switch and to a battery pack providing a source of electrical current, said lighting device including at least one downwardly oriented light emitting diode positioned to direct light energy therefrom into said beverage bottle and at least one upwardly oriented light emitting diode to direct light energy therefrom into said base member; and an adaptor member having a first set of female threads cooperable with said male threads on said base member and a second set of female threads adapted to be engaged with said beverage bottle, said first and second sets of female threads being separated by a transverse translucent panel.