Combined wine glass and wine bottle package

• US 9,227,772 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2010
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leena Hannonen
• Original Assignee: Govino LLC
• Inventors: Perrulli, Joseph T., Willat, Boyd I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Luan K
• Assistant Examiner(s): ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO
• Application Number:
  US12/939,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20110132781A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 206/217, 206/307, 220/699, 220/703, 215/387, 215/393, 215/395
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2205 Drinking glasses or vessels A47G19/23 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0246 Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0261 Bottom construction B65D1/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0276 having a continuous contact surface, e.g. Champagne-type bottom
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/265 Drinking cups B65D81/3865 takes precedence, holders for plastic cups A47G23/0208
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/04 Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/26 Caps or cap-like covers serving as, or incorporating, drinking or measuring vessels
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/002 in shrink films B65D71/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/0493 and retained at a distance of the inner side-wall of the outer container, e.g. within a bottle neck
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/72 for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials

Abstract

A combined wine glass and wine bottle package includes a wine glass constructed from molded plastic with an upper body defining an upwardly narrowed flume for concentrating the wine bouquet, in combination with a contoured lower base defining an annular moat surrounding a central punt. A wine bottle is sized to fit substantially, in an inverted orientation relative to the glass, into the wine glass, with a removable bottle cap nested within the central punt, and with an upper rim of the wine bottle snap-fitted into a shallow groove formed in the wine bottle near a lower end thereof. This entire package is sterile-wrapped in a sealed shrink-wrap plastic or the like. The package can be opened when desired to permit removal of the wine bottle from the wine glass, following by bottle opening and pouring of the contents into the wine glass.

Claims

1. In combination:

a beverage glass formed from a molded plastic material and having a smooth upper rim defining an open mouth, and a contoured lower base defining a recessed annular moat surrounding an upstanding central punt defining a smooth inner surface circumscribing a relatively flat central component, said upper rim having a generally arced configuration with a radially outwardly extending upper lip disposed above a shallow outwardly presented recess;

a bottle containing a liquid beverage and having an upper end defining a bottle cap for normally closing a mouth pour spout and a lower end having an external groove formed therein, said bottle being normally received within said beverage glass in a generally inverted orientation relative to said glass with said bottle cap seated within said central component adjacent to and offset from the smooth inner surface of the upstanding punt, and with substantially the entire circumference of said glass upper rim being received for substantial snap-fit reception into said external groove on said bottle; and

a seal member comprising a shrink-wrap film extending about said bottle and said glass for sealing said bottle within said glass, said seal member including means disposed within said recess and being removable to permit access to and removal of said bottle from said glass, and to permit opening of said bottle and pouring of the liquid beverage therein into said glass.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said glass is formed from an at least partially transparent material.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said glass comprises an upper generally shell-shaped and transparent body terminating at said upper rim defining said mouth, and a lower base at a lower end of said upper body, said glass further having an external noncircumferential notched indent formed therein and defining an upwardly presented exterior shelf having a size and shape for convenient fingertip grasping.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said shell-shaped body defines an upwardly narrowing tapered flume terminating at said upper rim.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein the liquid beverage comprises wine.