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)] | 8 Claims |
1. A wine container, comprising in combination:
a bottle;
a cork;
said bottle including a neck above a body, with a shoulder between said neck and said body;
an opening at an upper end of said neck, said opening leading into an interior of said bottle;
said opening sized to receive said cork therein, in a manner closing off said opening;
said bottle including a heel at a lower end of said body;
said bottle including a punt extending up from said heel and defining a lower portion of said bottle inboard of said heel;
said punt having an apex at a highest portion of said punt, and with sides extending down from said apex to said heel;
said cork having ends spaced apart by a side wall, said cork side wall sized to fit within said opening of said neck in a removable fashion;
a cork retainer at least partially within said punt and configured to hold said cork within said punt after said cork is removed from said opening;
wherein said cork retainer includes at least two opposing surfaces spaced from each other by a distance similar to said ends of said cork;
wherein said at least two opposing surfaces are spaced from each other by a cork length between said ends of said cork; and
wherein said cork retainer includes a lower edge at a lower portion of each of said at least two opposing surfaces, each of said at least two opposing surfaces including a vault above said lower edge, said vault having a curvature matching a curvature of said ends of said cork.
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