Safety closure for use in conjunction with bottling of champagne and other sparkling wines

Claim 2

A safety closure in combination with a sparkling wine bottle, said wine bottle including a neck, said safety closure being adapted for insertion into the neck of said wine bottle, said safety closure comprising a head portion, a base portion, and a shank portion, said shank portion being interposed between said head portion and said base portion, said base portion including means for permitting the passage of gas therebeneath upwardly thereabove when said closure is disposed within said bottle, and said base portion having a lateral dimension slightly larger than that of said neck of said sparkling wine bottle.

Claim 3

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said gas passage means of said base portion comprises gas pervious means.

Claim 4

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 2, wherein said gas pervious means comprises cut-outs formed in said base portion.

Claim 5

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 2, wherein said base portion has a substantially conformal configuration with that of said neck of said sparkling wine bottle.

Claim 6

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 4, wherein said gas pervious means comprises a plurality of bores formed in said base position.

Claim 7

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 5, wherein said bores are vertically disposed in substantially parallel relationship with the longitudinal axes of said safety closure and said sparkling wine bottle.

Claim 8

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 2, wherein said gas pervious means comprises at least two substantially vertically disposed cut-outs disposed in spaced apart relationship.

Claim 9

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 2, wherein said gas pervious means comprises a plurality of substantially vertically disposed bores in radially extending and spaced apart relationship.

Claim 10

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 2, wherein said gas pervious means comprises at least two members disposed in spaced apart relationship extending radially outwardly of said base portion.

Claim 11

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 9, wherein said two radially outwardly extending members are vertically oriented fins disposed in substantially parallel relationship with the longitudinal axes of said safety closure and said sparkling wine bottle.

Claim 12

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance wth claim 2, wherein said base portion has a non-conformal configuration with respect to said neck of said sparkling wine bottle, and said non-conformal geometric configuration in conjunction with said neck form said gas pervious means.

Claim 13

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said head, base and shank portions are fabricated from cork.

Claim 14

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said head, base and shank portions are fabricated from plastic.

Claim 15

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said head portion is fabricated from cork, and said shank and base portions are fabricated from a plastic material.

Claim 16

A safety closure with a sparkling wine bottle in accordance with claim 1, wherein said neck of said bottle has a circular configuration, and said base portion has a regular polyhedron configuration about which is circumscribable a circle of slightly larger diameter than that of said bottle neck.

Claim 17

A safety closure for a sparkling wine bottle of a construction including a neck of circular cross-section and a flared outwardly tapered portion extending downwardly from the neck and also of circular cross-section, said safety closure comprising, a head portion, a base portion, and a shank portion, said shank portion have a lateral dimension smaller than that of said base and head portions and being interposed therebetween, said head portion having an upper part and a lower part, said upper part being disposed outwardly of said neck of said bottle and having a lateral dimension larger than that of said neck and said lower part, said lower part of said head portion being sealingly engageably disposed within said neck of said bottle, said base portion having a lateral dimension of slightly larger cross-section than that of said neck of said bottle, said base portion including gas pervious means for permitting the passage of pressurized gas therebeneath upwardly thereabove upon the removal of said lower part of the head portion from within the neck of said bottle, and wherein the passage of pressurized gas concomitantly propels said base portion upwardly to cause frictional engagement of said base portion within the neck of said bottle and the base portion being subsequently removable from the neck of said bottle upon the further upward movement of the upper part of the head portion.

Claim 18

A safety closure for a sparkling wine bottle of a construction including a neck of circular cross-section and a flared outwardly tapered portion extending downwardly from the neck and also of circular cross-section, said safety closure comprising, a head portion, a base portion, and a shank portion, said shank portion have a lateral dimension smaller than that of said base and head portions and being interposed therebetween, said head portion having an upper part and a lower part, said upper part being disposed outwardly of said neck of said bottle and having a lateral dimension larger than that of said neck and said lower part, said lower part of said head portion being sealingly engageably disposed within said neck of said bottle, said base portion having a lateral dimension of slightly larger cross-section than that of said neck of said bottle, said base portion including gas pervious means for permitting the passage of pressurized gas therebeneath upwardly thereabove upon the removal of said lower part of the head portion from within the neck of said bottle, and wherein the passage of pressurized gas concomitantly propels said base portion upwardly to cause frictional engagement of said base portion within the neck of said bottle and the base portion being subsequently removable from the neck of said bottle upon the further upward movement of the upper part of the head portion.