US Patent Issued on Oct. 14 for "Apparatus and method for closing a bottle with a flexible cylinder" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,525, issued on Oct. 14.

"Apparatus and method for closing a bottle with a flexible cylinder" was invented by Gary Richard (Danvers, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising a cylinder of flexible material, where the diameter of the cylinder matches the outside diameter of a bottle neck. The apparatus includes a solid top surface with a top ring of flexible material extending around the circumference, and an underside containing a centered raised circle matching the inside diameter of the bottle neck. The solid top surface is designed to cover the top opening of the bottle neck. The cylinder has an open bottom end ...