Hoop Sockets Patents (Class 217/90)
  • Patent number: 5174461
    Abstract: A wine barrel provides a stainless steel barrel body having at least one removable end, with at least one circumferential stave holder member secured to the barrel inside surface. This stave holder bears a plurality of stave receiving portions for releasable capture of oak stave elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Stephen T. Sullivan