Wine bottle opener

• US 20080022810A1
• Filed: 07/28/2006
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David F. Panetti
• Original Assignee: David F. Panetti
• Inventors: Panetti, David F.
• Application Number:
  US11/495,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20080022810A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 81/3.45
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 2007/0458 Means for cutting sealing capsules
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/0411 without supporting means for assisting the pulling action

Abstract

A bottle opener with combined foil cutting and cork extracting capabilities. The bottle opener includes a corkscrew and a handle. The handle has an integrated foil cutter which includes a bottle top receiver, a thumb slide, and a blade operatively connected to the thumb slide. The bottle top receiver is configured to receive the top of the bottle when the top of the bottle is inserted into the bottle top receiver. In the preferred embodiment, the bottle top receiver has a substantially cylindrical side wall along its internal perimeter. The thumb slide is provided on an exterior surface of the handle and is configured to slide back and forth along the exterior surface between a first position and a second position. The blade is operatively connected to the thumb slide so that it travels along with the thumb slide. When the thumb slide is moved from the first position to the second position, the blade projects into the interior of the bottle top receiver through a port in the side wall. In the preferred embodiment, the thumb slide and blade are spring biased to remain in the first position where the blade is hidden and does not project into the interior of the bottle top receiver.

Claims

1. A bottle opener for opening a bottle having a top, said top having a mouth and a cork situated within said mouth, said bottle having a cover fitted tightly over said top and said cork, said bottle opener comprising:

a. a corkscrew, having a first end and a second end, said first end configured to screw into said cork;

b. a handle, attached to said second end of said corkscrew, said handle including

i. a bottle top receiver, said bottle top receiver configured to receive said top of said bottle, said bottle top receiver having an internal perimeter large enough to receive said top of said bottle, a side wall along a portion of said internal perimeter, and a port in said side wall;

ii. a thumb slide on said handle, said thumb slide movable between a first position and a second position, and

iii. a blade operatively connected to said thumb slide so that said blade travels with said thumb slide when said thumb slide is moved between said first position, said blade configured to project through said port in said side wall when said thumb slide is moved from said first position to said second position.

2. The bottle opener of claim 1, said bottle top receiver further comprising a top mating surface configured to mate against said top of said bottle when said top of said bottle is inserted into said bottle top receiver.

3. The bottle opener of claim 1, wherein said blade is configured to be hidden when said thumb slide is positioned in said first position such that said blade does not project through said port in said side wall when said thumb slide is positioned in said first position.

4. The bottle opener of claim 1, wherein said thumb slide is biased to remain in said first position.

5. The bottle opener of claim 3, wherein said thumb slide is biased to remain in said first position.

6. The bottle opener of claim 1, wherein said corkscrew has a center axis extending between said first end and said second end, and wherein said bottle top receiver is configured to receive said bottle top when said bottle top is inserted into said bottle top receiver in a transverse direction with respect to said center axis of said corkscrew.

7. The bottle opener of claim 1, wherein said bottle opener is configured to cut said cover into two pieces when said top of said bottle is inserted into said bottle top receiver, said thumb slide is moved to said second position, and while said thumb slide is positioned in said second position, said handle is rotated angularly around said top of said bottle.

8. The bottle opener of claim 2, wherein said bottle opener is configured to cut said cover into two pieces when said top of said bottle is inserted into said bottle top receiver so that said top of said bottle mates with said top mating surface, said thumb slide is moved to said second position, and while said thumb slide is positioned in said second position, said handle is rotated angularly around said top of said bottle.

9. The bottle opener of claim 1, wherein said thumb slide and said blade are attached together by a connector such that said thumb slide is vertically offset from said blade and said thumb slide and said blade move together in said same direction when said thumb slide is moved from said first position to said second position.

10. The bottle opener of claim 1, wherein said thumb slide is positioned on an external surface of said handle and said thumb slide is configured to slide back and forth on top of said external surface.

11. The bottle opener of claim 9, wherein said thumb slide is positioned on an external surface of said handle and said thumb slide is configured to slide back and forth on top of said external surface.

12. The bottle opener of claim 11, wherein said connector projects into said handle through said external surface and into a connector passageway, said connector passageway provided in and perpendicular to said external surface, said connector passageway configured to allow said connector to move along with said thumb slide when said thumb slide is moved between said first position and said second position.

13. A bottle opener for opening a bottle having a top, said top having a mouth and a cork situated within said mouth, said bottle having a cover fitted tightly over said top and said cork, said bottle opener comprising:

a. a handle, having a top surface, a bottom surface, an interior, and an external perimeter gripping surface, said handle further including

i. a bottle top receiver extending through said bottom surface of said handle into said interior of said handle, said bottle top receiver configured to receive said top of said bottle when said top of said bottle is inserted therein, said bottle top receiver having a substantially cylindrical internal perimeter large enough to receive said top of said bottle, a side wall along a portion of said internal perimeter, and a port in said side wall;

ii. a thumb slide on said handle, said thumb slide movable between a first position and a second position, and

iii. a blade operatively connected to said thumb slide so that said blade travels with said thumb slide when said thumb slide is moved between said first position, said blade configured to project through said port in said side wall when said thumb slide is moved from said first position to said second position.

14. The bottle opener of claim 13, further comprising a corkscrew, said corkscrew having a first end and a second end, said second end of said corkscrew attached to said handle, and said first end of said corkscrew configured to screw into said cork.

15. The bottle opener of claim 13, wherein said thumb slide is positioned on said top surface of said handle and is configured to slide along said top surface of said handle when moved from said first position to said second position.

16. The bottle opener of claim 13, said bottle top receiver further comprising a top mating surface configured to mate against said top of said bottle when said top of said bottle is inserted into said bottle top receiver.

17. The bottle opener of claim 13, wherein said blade is configured to be hidden when said thumb slide is positioned in said first position such that said blade does not project through said port in said side wall when said thumb slide is positioned in said first position.

18. The bottle opener of claim 13, wherein said thumb slide is biased to remain in said first position.