Patents Assigned to Coravin, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20220162052
    Abstract: A clamp of the dispensing device may include a container engagement surface arranged to engage and/or disengage the clamp from the container neck when the clamp is pushed downwardly or pulled upwardly relative to the container neck. The container engagement surface may include a surface with a lower portion that slopes upwardly and inwardly, and an upper portion that slopes upwardly and outwardly relative to the container neck and that moves the clamp radially outwardly and away from the container neck as the clamp is moved vertically relative to the container neck. A latch may maintain a body portion of the dispensing device in an upper position, preventing needle insertion, until a container is suitably engaged with the base portion of the device, e.g., by a clamp. Sensors may detect engagement of a container with the device and/or insertion of a needle into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Otto DeRuntz, Gregory Lambrecht
  • Patent number: 11299383
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing beverage from a container, such as wine from a wine bottle. Dispensing may be automatically controlled based on a detected orientation of the container, e.g., dispensing may occur when a bottle is tilted as if to pour from the bottle and stopped when the bottle is oriented upright. Dispensing may be stopped when the container is rotated about its longitudinal axis even while in a pour orientation. A remaining amount of beverage in the container and/or an amount of pressurized gas used to drive dispensing may be detected and beverage dispensing controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Gregory Lambrecht, Andrew S. Sweezey, Chris Vogt
  • Patent number: 11292709
    Abstract: A clamp of the dispensing device may include a container engagement surface arranged to engage and/or disengage the clamp from the container neck when the clamp is pushed downwardly or pulled upwardly relative to the container neck. The container engagement surface may include a surface with a lower portion that slopes upwardly and inwardly, and an upper portion that slopes upwardly and outwardly relative to the container neck and that moves the clamp radially outwardly and away from the container neck as the clamp is moved vertically relative to the container neck. A latch may maintain a body portion of the dispensing device in an upper position, preventing needle insertion, until a container is suitably engaged with the base portion of the device, e.g., by a clamp. Sensors may detect engagement of a container with the device and/or insertion of a needle into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Otto DeRuntz, Gregory Lambrecht
  • Patent number: 11238051
    Abstract: A moment engine is arranged to characterize and/or determine relationships between items, such as a wine, or moments, such as an event, emotional experience and/or an activity. Characteristics for the items or moments may be used to define how the items or moments relate to a two-dimensional grid, e.g., to allow the items or moments to be displayed on an X-Y grid. Relationships between items and/or moments can be determined based on the item/moment characterization on the X-Y grid, e.g., to allow for the recommendation of an item for a particular moment, or the recommendation of a moment for a particular item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventor: Francois Claude Raoul Silvain
  • Patent number: 11180309
    Abstract: Devices and methods for dispensing beverage from a container, such as a wine bottle, using a dispensing device. The device may automatically purge at least one conduit used to deliver gas to a beverage container or to carry beverage from the beverage container in response to detecting that a dispensing operation is about to begin, or in response to detecting that a dispensing operation is complete. Visual or other displays may be provided to the user to indicate that the device is ready for use in dispensing, that a conduit is in fluid communication with the container interior and/or that the device is controlling components to dispense beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Andrew S. Sweezey, Chris Vogt
  • Publication number: 20210276771
    Abstract: A stopper for closing sparkling and other non-pressurized beverage containers. A stopper body may have a carrier member and lip engagement member arranged for sliding movement relative to each other and relative to the stopper body. The lip engagement member may be arranged to engage with a lip of a container neck, and be resiliently biased to move toward the carrier member to provide a seal-forming force on a sealing surface of the stopper body. The stopper may be arranged to introduce gas into the container, e.g., to re-pressurize the container to keep a carbonation level of beverage during storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Otto DeRuntz, Michael Rider
  • Publication number: 20210276748
    Abstract: A gas source for pressuring sparkling and other beverage containers, e.g., to re-pressurize the container to keep a carbonation level of beverage during storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Deslandes, Michael Rider
  • Publication number: 20210261398
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing beverage from a container, such as wine from a wine bottle. Dispensing may be automatically controlled based on a detected orientation of the container, e.g., dispensing may occur when a bottle is tilted as if to pour from the bottle and stopped when the bottle is oriented upright. Dispensing may be stopped when the container is rotated about its longitudinal axis even while in a pour orientation. A remaining amount of beverage in the container and/or an amount of pressurized gas used to drive dispensing may be detected and beverage dispensing controlled accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Gregory Lambrecht, Andrew S. Sweezey, Chris Vogt
  • Patent number: 11059712
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing beverage from a container, such as wine from a wine bottle. Dispensing may be automatically controlled based on a detected orientation of the container, e.g., dispensing may occur when a bottle is tilted as if to pour from the bottle and stopped when the bottle is oriented upright. Dispensing may be stopped when the container is rotated about its longitudinal axis even while in a pour orientation. A remaining amount of beverage in the container and/or an amount of pressurized gas used to drive dispensing may be detected and beverage dispensing controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Gregory Lambrecht, Andrew S. Sweezey, Chris Vogt
  • Patent number: 11046502
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser having replaceable dispensing components allows beverage-contacting elements to be removed and replaced. A needle or other conduit arrangement may be adapted for replacement, and the needle may be adapted to be inserted through a cork or other closure of a beverage container. A dispensing outlet may also be replaceable, allowing all beverage-contacting components to be replaced. The needle or other conduit may be engagable with a dispenser body by inserting a distal end of the needle into and through an opening in the body. A dispensing outlet may secure the needle to the body in an operation that fluidly connects the dispensing outlet to the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Otto DeRuntz, Andrew S. Sweezey
  • Patent number: 10994904
    Abstract: A cap for engagement with a beverage container allows an extractor needle or other conduit to pass through a portion of the cap such that beverage can be removed from the container without removing the cap. The cap may include a septum that is radially and/or axially compressed and a barrier layer arranged to engage with the container to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Lambrecht, Michael Rider, Otto DeRuntz
  • Patent number: D937052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider
  • Patent number: D937053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider
  • Patent number: D937054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider
  • Patent number: D937055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider
  • Patent number: D937086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Brendan B. Crawford, Otto DeRuntz, Michael Rider
  • Patent number: D938787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider
  • Patent number: D938822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Brendan B. Crawford, Sarah Deslandes, Michael Rider
  • Patent number: D939292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider
  • Patent number: D941099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Metaxatos, Steffen F. Koury, Benjamin Hines, Michael Rider, Sarah Deslandes, Hannah Hartz Greider