Bottle opener and resealer

• US 4,580,303 A
• Filed: 01/14/1985
• Issued: 04/08/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steiner & Basten
• Original Assignee: Garry E. Henshaw
• Inventors: Henshaw, Garry E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Parker, Roscoe V.
• Application Number:
  US06/691,512
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 81/3.07, 81/3.09, 81/3.4, 81/3.45, 81/3.55, 81/3.57, 7/151, 7/155, 215/226, 215/228, 215/355, 215/364
• US Class Current: 7/155
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/44 Combination tools, e.g. comprising cork-screws, can piercers, crowncap removers combinations of opening devices with cutting tools B26; with devices serving other purposes, see appropriate subclasses, e.g. B25F; B43K29/00

Abstract

A bottle opener and resealer which is combined into a single unit wherein there is incorporated a head member having both a bottle opening recess and a bottle cap resealing recess. A corkscrew member extends from the head member. A removable protective sheath is located about the corkscrew member when not in use. A stopper for a bottle is mounted about the protective sheath which is to be used within the neck of a bottle to close such. The protective sheath is to be removable and associated with the head in order to function as a handle to facilitate operation of the corkscrew member.

Claims

1. A bottle opener and resealer comprising:

a head member having opposing sides defined as one side and as the other side, a bottle cap opening recess formed within said one side, a bottle cap resealing recess formed within said other side, said bottle cap resealing recess adapted to accommodate in a close-fitting manner a conventional bottle cap;

a rigid projection mounted within said head member, said rigid projection extending within said bottle cap opening recess, said rigid projection adapted to be located under the edge of the bottle cap to facilitate removal of the bottle cap from a bottle by prying;

an extension attached to said head member, a corkscrew member imbedded within said extension, said corkscrew member having an inner end and an outer end, said outer end extending from said extension and adapted to remove a cork from a bottle, said inner end comprising said rigid protection;

a protective sheath mounted on said extension, said protective sheath being rigid, said protective sheath enclosing said corkscrew member, said protective sheath being removably engaged with said extension; and

a stopper member mounted on said protective sheath, said stopper member being in the form of a sleeve surrounding said sheath, said sleeve assuming a tapered configuration relative to said sheath, a single annular gap formed between said sleeve and said sheath, said sleeve being locatable within the neck of a bottle for reclosing such which causes said sleeve to deflect into said gap providing a resilient snug connection with the neck of the bottle.

2. The bottle opener and resealer as defined in claim 1 wherein:

said sleeve having an exterior surface, said exterior surface being formed into a plurality of annular ridges further facilitating the snug connection with the neck of the bottle.

3. The bottle opener and resealer as defined in claim 2 wherein:

a hole formed within said head member, said hole connecting said bottle cap opening recess and said bottle cap resealing recess, said protective sheath being locatable within said hole so approximately an equal length of said sheath extends in each direction from each end of said hole thereby functioning as a graspable handle to facilitate operation of said corkscrew member.

4. The bottle opener and resealer as defined in claim 2 wherein:

said sleeve being constructed of material to be more flexible than the material of construction of said protective sheath.

5. The bottle opener and resealer as defined in claim 2 wherein:

said protective sheath being transparent.