Decanting bottle and method

Abstract

A decanting device is provided with a cap having a longitudinally extending, tubular nozzle with an airway debossed lengthwise on the outer surface of the nozzle. The decanting device may also have a bottom lid and a fluid reservoir with a top aperture and a bottom aperture. The cap is adapted to be removably coupled to the device at the top aperture and a bottom lid is adapted to be removably coupled to the device at the bottom aperture. Such device is useful in decanting liquids of varying viscosity since the nozzle airway allows air to escape a container that is being filled with a liquid from the decanting device.

1 . A decanting device comprising: 
 (a) a semi-rigid fluid reservoir having an aperture;    (b) a cap being removably coupled to said reservoir aperture, 
 i. said cap including a longitudinally extending, tubular nozzle having a coextensive through-bore defining an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface,  
 ii. said nozzle including a grooved airway formed in the outer wall surface of said nozzle.  
   
   
   
       2 . The decanting device of  claim 1  wherein the nozzle inner wall surface is deformed as a result of debossing the outer nozzle surface to form the airway groove.  
   
   
       3 . The decanting device of  claim 1  wherein the grooved airway is substantially semi-conical.  
   
   
       4 . The decanting device of  claim 1  wherein said grooved airway is substantially semi-pyramidal.  
   
   
       5 . The decanting device of  claim 1  wherein the semi-rigid reservoir has a top aperture and a bottom aperture, a cap being removably coupled to the reservoir at the top aperture, and a bottom lid being removably coupled to the reservoir at the bottom aperture.  
   
   
       6 . The decanting device of  claim 5  wherein the bottom lid is removably coupled to the fluid reservoir by way of mating threads.  
   
   
       7 . The decanting device of  claim 5  wherein the cap is removably coupled to the fluid reservoir by way of mating threads.  
   
   
       8 . A method of decanting comprising the steps of: 
 (a) providing a container;    (b) providing a semi-rigid fluid reservoir having a top aperture and a bottom aperture;    (c) providing a cap, said cap being removably coupled to said fluid reservoir at said top aperture, said cap further including a longitudinally extending nozzle, said nozzle including a grooved airway formed on an outer wall surface of said nozzle;    (d) providing a bottom lid, said bottom lid being removably coupled to said fluid reservoir at said bottom aperture;    (e) inverting said reservoir and placing a fluid into the reservoir through the bottom aperture; and    (f) decanting the fluid into the container from the reservoir through said nozzle.    
   
   
       9 . The method of decanting according to  claim 8  further comprising the step of venting air in said container out of said container via said grooved airway.  
   
   
       10 . The method of decanting according to  claim 8  further comprising the steps of: 
 (a) closing the top aperture prior to placing the fluid into the reservoir; and    (b) closing the bottom aperture prior to decanting.    
   
   
       11 . A decanting cap, said cap being adapted for removable coupling to a fluid reservoir; 
 (a) said cap including a longitudinally extending, tubular nozzle formed from a wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface;    (b) said nozzle further including a grooved airway formed on said nozzle outer wall surface.    
   
   
       12 . A decanting cap according to  claim 11  wherein said airway is substantially semi-conical.  
   
   
       13 . A decanting cap according to  claim 11  wherein said airway is substantially semi-pyramidal.