US Patent Issued to Coravin on Dec. 9 for "Pressurized gas supply and gas cylinder" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,480, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Coravin Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Pressurized gas supply and gas cylinder" was invented by Sarah Deslandes (Rio Vista, Calif.) and Michael Rider (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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. A gas cylinder can include a cap with a flange and catch below the flange. The catch can be engaged by a cylinder support to move the cylinder into contact with a piercing element to pierce the gas outlet of the cylinder and form a seal between the cyl...