US 12,134,078 B2
Wine aerator and method of using the wine aerator to aerate wine
Francesco Guerriero, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Donna Pascoe, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Francesco Guerriero, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/245,227.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347634 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 23/2361 (2022.01); C12G 1/00 (2019.01); B01F 23/237 (2022.01); B01F 101/17 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 23/2361 (2022.01) [C12G 1/00 (2013.01); B01F 23/237611 (2022.01); B01F 2101/17 (2022.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method aerating wine comprising:
providing a wine aerator for expediting the breathing of wine just before serving comprising:
a main body formed from glass or a clear food grade plastic defining a wine aeration chamber where wine mixes with air to aerate the wine;
a wine exit tube connected to the wine aeration chamber and extending substantially straight from a top of the main body, the wine exit tube having an exit tube central axis and lying in a wine exit tube plane;
an exit tube cork is configured to seal the wine exit tube configured to be inserted into and seal the exit tube;
a wine inlet tube connected to the aeration chamber and extending from a side of the main body, the inlet tube is substantially perpendicular to the exit tube;
a right elbow tube having a first end and a second end, a first opening is connected to the wine inlet tube, the right elbow tube bends at 90 degrees;
a wine bottle tube connected to the second opening of the right elbow tube, the wine bottle tube having a wine bottle tube central axis, and the wine inlet tube, the right elbow tube, the wine bottle tube and the wine bottle tube central axis lying in a wine bottle tube plane, wherein the exit tube plane is perpendicular to the wine bottle tube plane; and
a wine bottle connector configured to connect a wine bottle opening to the wine bottle tube;
connecting the wine bottle tube to a wine bottle opening using the wine bottle connector;
poured wine from the wine bottle by raising the wine bottle above the main body by rotating the wine bottle about the exit tube central axis so that wine flows from the wine bottle through the wine bottle tube, right elbow tube, the wine inlet tube and then into the aeration chamber;
aerating the wine in the aeration chamber to form aerated wine; and
pouring the aerated wine from the aeration chamber by rotating the wine bottle about the wine bottle tube central axis.