Protector member for liquid in a container

Abstract

The specification discloses a protector member (10) capable of being introduced through a neck region (25) of an opened wine bottle (26) by being flexibly deformable, the protector member (10) being flexibly deformable to a condition enabling introduction through the wine bottle neck region (25) and once within the wine bottle (26) being expandable to a use condition where an outer peripheral edge (15, 62) of the protector member (10) is positioned adjacent to or against an inner surface of the wine bottle (26) while floating on a surface of wine held within the wine bottle (26), the protector member (10) being characterized by being either a multipart construction including a first flexible sheet (11, 19) material containing in a first zone (14) a plurality of individually sealed spaces (22) each having a volume and at least some of which contain a gas, and a second flexible sheet material (12, 19), one or both of the first or second flexible sheet materials having a radially outer edge (15) forming the outer peripheral edge of the protector member (10) extending radially beyond the first zone (14); or by being a continuous sheet member, the continuous sheet member (60) being composed of a cork or cork based material such as granulated cork bonded to form said sheet member (60).

Description

technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to minimizing and / or retarding degradation of liquids in containers through potential reactions with gases, such as air. Preferably, but not exclusively, the present disclosure relates to minimizing and / or delaying the degradation of wine in a once opened bottle, to allow the wine to be consumed over a longer period of time. Background technique [0002] There is a market for drinking wine by the glass, both at home and in commercial premises, where there is a need to protect the wine remaining in the bottle from degradation. Commercial premises such as restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. ideally require a convenient and economical system for protecting the wine remaining in a bottle after it has been opened for the first time and some wine has been dispensed, avoiding rapid degradation. The same need often exists in the home or domestic environment, where a consumer may not wish to fully consume a bottle of wine once the b...

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Problems solved by technology

Most known systems work fairly well when the opened bottle of wine is to be stored overnight, however, they are so complex and costly that their use is impractical whenever a glass of wine is poured from the bottle. There is a problem whereby many commercial suppliers and home (non-commercial) users who serve wine by the glass will not use them during daytime operations

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