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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Kuvee, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Vijay Girdhar Manwani, Lexington, MA (US);
Duane Junior Gilbert, Quincy, MA (US);
Geoffrey Blake Lansberry, Andover, MA (US);
Nils Arnaud Teissier du Cros, Newton, MA (US);
Adam Elliot Bercu, Somerville, MA (US);
David Dolloff Chesley, Duxbury, MA (US);
Kuvee, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A beverage container includes a flexible inside container and a rigid outside container. The flexible container can retain a liquid and seal the liquid from environmental air, while the surrounding rigid container facilitates handling and pouring in a form factor that reproduces the look and feel of a conventional wine bottle. A one-way valve permits pouring from the flexible container while preventing ingress of atmospheric oxygen or other contaminants. In particular, the one-way valve can be configured to retain a beverage within the flexible container until an exit path for the beverage through the valve is filled with liquid to seal the exit path and effectively eliminate any return path for ingress of air. To create a bottle-like pouring experience, the valve may automatically open to allow for the pouring of fluid when the bottle is tilted, and the valve may automatically close at the end of a pour.