Method for extracting beverage from a bottle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758362-B2
Application number	US-201514789223-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2015
Priority date	Jul 1, 2015
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

Devices and methods for extraction of a beverage from a beverage bottle, such as a wine bottle, using an extraction device. The bottle may be supported by a bottle support sleeve that surrounds all but the neck and closure at the bottle opening. The extraction device may be secured to the neck and a needle, such a pair of needles or a two-lumen needle, may be inserted through the closure to inject pressurized gas into the bottle and to remove beverage from the bottle by the needle. The support sleeve may support the bottle during beverage extraction, e.g., by compressing the bottle exterior.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of extracting a beverage from a bottle having a neck with an opening closed by a closure, comprising:
providing the bottle in a bottle support sleeve such that the bottle support sleeve compresses portions of the bottle, only the neck and the closure are exposed outside of the bottle support sleeve and all remaining portions of the bottle are located in and covered by the bottle support sleeve, the bottle support sleeve being constructed and arranged to support portions of the bottle below the neck during extraction of beverage from the bottle and to vent any pressure introduced into the bottle that escapes through the bottle and into the bottle support sleeve;
securing a beverage extractor to the neck of the bottle;
inserting at least one needle of the beverage extractor through the closure such that a distal end of the at least one needle is positioned inside of the bottle;
injecting pressurized gas into the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve; and
extracting beverage from the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bottle support sleeve includes an inflatable bladder located inside of a shell, wherein the inflatable bladder is inflatable to compress a bottle in the bottle support sleeve.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising securing the bottle support sleeve to the beverage extractor secured to the bottle to resist removal of the bottle support sleeve from the bottle.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising observing a label on the bottle through a window of the bottle support sleeve.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bottle support sleeve includes a handle grippable by a user to hold the bottle support sleeve, the bottle and a beverage extractor secured to the bottle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of injecting includes injecting pressure-regulated gas into the bottle at a pressure of 20-80 psi.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one needle includes a gas lumen for delivering the pressurized gas to the bottle and a beverage lumen for delivering extracted beverage from the bottle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one needle includes a gas needle for delivering the pressurized gas to the bottle and a beverage needle for delivering extracted beverage from the bottle.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bottle is a wine bottle and the closure is a cork, and wherein the step of inserting includes inserting the at least one needle through the cork of the wine bottle.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of securing includes securing at least one clamp arm of the beverage extractor to the bottle neck to support the beverage extractor on the bottle.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one clamp arm is secured to the bottle neck with sufficient force to permit lifting of the bottle by lifting the beverage extractor.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bottle support sleeve is constructed and arranged to resist puncture by a glass shard caused by breaking of the bottle when under pressure of 20-80 psi.

13. A method of extracting a beverage from a bottle having a neck with an opening closed by a closure, comprising:
providing the bottle in a bottle support sleeve such that only the neck and the closure are exposed outside of the bottle support sleeve and all remaining portions of the bottle are located in and covered by the bottle support sleeve, the bottle support sleeve being constructed and arranged to support portions of the bottle below the neck during extraction of beverage from the bottle and to vent any pressure introduced into the bottle that escapes through the bottle and into the bottle support sleeve;
securing a beverage extractor to the neck of the bottle;
securing the bottle support sleeve to the beverage extractor secured to the bottle to resist removal of the bottle support sleeve from the bottle;
inserting at least one needle of the beverage extractor through the closure such that a distal end of the at least one needle is positioned inside of the bottle;
injecting pressurized gas into the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve; and
extracting beverage from the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve,
wherein the bottle support sleeve and the beverage extractor each include complementary locking members arranged to engage with each other to secure the bottle support sleeve to the beverage extractor.

14. A method of extracting a beverage from a bottle having a neck with an opening closed by a closure, comprising:
providing the bottle in a bottle support sleeve such that only the neck and the closure are exposed outside of the bottle support sleeve and all remaining portions of the bottle are located in and covered by the bottle support sleeve, the bottle support sleeve being constructed and arranged to support portions of the bottle below the neck during extraction of beverage from the bottle and to vent any pressure introduced into the bottle that escapes through the bottle and into the bottle support sleeve;
securing a beverage extractor to the neck of the bottle;
inserting at least one needle of the beverage extractor through the closure such that a distal end of the at least one needle is positioned inside of the bottle;
enabling the beverage extractor to inject pressurized gas only in response to the beverage extractor recognizing an indicator of the bottle support sleeve;
injecting pressurized gas into the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve; and
extracting beverage from the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the step of enabling the beverage extractor comprises the beverage extractor recognizing a machine readable identifier of the bottle support sleeve.

16. A method of extracting a beverage from a bottle having a neck with an opening closed by a closure, comprising:
providing the bottle containing the beverage, the bottle being made of glass;
providing the bottle in a bottle support sleeve such that only the neck and the closure are exposed outside of the bottle support sleeve and all remaining portions of the bottle are located in and covered by the bottle support sleeve, the bottle support sleeve being made of a flexible fabric and constructed and arranged to support portions of the bottle below the neck during extraction of beverage from the bottle and to vent any pressure introduced into the bottle that escapes through the bottle and into the bottle support sleeve;
securing a beverage extractor to the neck of the bottle;
inserting at least one needle of the beverage extractor through the closure such that a distal end of the at least one needle is positioned inside of the bottle;
injecting pressurized gas into the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve; and
extracting beverage from the bottle via the at least one needle while the bottle is positioned in the bottle support sleeve.

Assignees

• Coravin Inc

Inventors

• Rider Mike
• White Richard J

Classifications

• B65D23/0871

  Stretched over the bottle (B65D23/0892 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B67D2001/0481

  Single inert gas, e.g. N2 · CPC title

• B67D1/0004

  the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl · CPC title

• B67D2001/0487

  Mixture of gases, e.g. N2 + CO2 · CPC title

• B65D23/0842

  Sheets or tubes applied around the bottle with or without subsequent folding operations · CPC title