US 12,134,496 B2
Wine bottle with cork retainer and re-use features
Michel M. Fournier, Granite Bay, CA (US); and Evan Mackenzie, Auburn, CA (US)
Assigned to LECAVALIER CELLARS LLC, Penryn, CA (US)
Filed by Lecavalier Cellars LLC, Penryn, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,676.
Application 18/222,676 is a division of application No. 17/409,030, filed on Aug. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,718,440.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,328, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356875 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 23/08 (2006.01); B65D 39/00 (2006.01); B65D 41/62 (2006.01); B65D 81/127 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 1/0276 (2013.01) [B65D 23/0842 (2013.01); B65D 39/00 (2013.01); B65D 41/62 (2013.01); B65D 81/127 (2013.01); B65D 2203/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bottle with cork retainer, comprising a combination:
a hollow body with a neck at an upper end with a circular cross-section opening therein and a punt at a lower end extending up from a heel;
said punt including a cork retainer therein;
wherein a cork is sized with a length between circular ends and with a circular cross-sectional size to close said opening in said neck of said hollow body, said cork retainer including at least two opposing surfaces spaced from each other by a distance matching said length of said cork, such that said cork friction fits between said at least two opposing surfaces; and
wherein said at least two opposing surfaces are planar in form.