Aerating wine glass
View Patent ↗The aerating wine glass is a beverage glass having a fluid dynamic structure formed on an inner surface thereof for generating bubbles in the beverage when the beverage is swirled therein. The aerating wine glass is preferably formed as a conventional wine glass, having a receptacle portion, a stem, and a base, with the receptacle portion having an open upper end and a closed lower end. A plurality of protruding members are formed on an inner surface of the receptacle portion so that swirling the beverage received within the receptacle portion causes the beverage to pass over the plurality of protruding members in order to aerate the beverage through the production of air bubbles. Each protruding member may be formed as a hollow tube, allowing the wine to travel both over and through the protruding member in order to generate air bubbles as the wine is swirled.
1. An aerating wine glass, comprising:
a receptacle portion having an open upper end and a closed lower end, the receptacle portion being adapted for containing wine; and
a plurality of protruding members formed on an inner surface of the receptacle portion, said plurality of protruding members being arrayed in a substantially helical pattern, whereby swirling the wine in the receptacle portion causes the wine to pass over the plurality of protruding members in order to aerate the wine.
2. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of protruding members comprises a hollow tube.
3. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 2 , wherein each of said hollow tubes is substantially cylindrical.
4. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of protruding members is spherical.
5. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 4 , wherein each of said protruding members is formed from glass.
6. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 5 , wherein each of said protruding members has first and second regions, each of the first and second regions being formed from a glass having a separate and distinct hue.
7. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of protruding members extend from a lower region of the inner surface of the receptacle portion to an upper region of the inner surface of the receptacle portion.
8. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of protruding members comprise first and second sets of protruding members, the first and second sets of protruding members being disposed on diametrically opposed portions of the inner surface.
9. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
a base having opposed upper and lower surfaces, the lower surface being adapted for mounting on a support surface; and
a stem having opposed upper and lower ends, the lower end thereof being joined to the upper surface of the base, the upper end thereof being joined to the closed lower end of the receptacle portion.
10. An aerating wine glass, comprising:
a receptacle portion having an open upper end and a closed lower end, the receptacle portion being adapted for containing wine; and
a plurality of protruding members formed on an inner surface of the receptacle portion, said plurality of protruding members extending from a lower region of the inner surface of the receptacle portion to an upper region of the inner surface of the receptacle portion, said plurality of protruding members further extending circumferentially along the inner surface of the receptacle portion, wherein said plurality of protruding members are arrayed in a substantially helical pattern whereby swirling the wine in the receptacle portion causes the wine to pass over the plurality of protruding members in order to aerate the wine.
11. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 10 , wherein each of said plurality of protruding members comprises a hollow tube.
12. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 11 , wherein each of said hollow tubes is substantially cylindrical.
13. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 10 , wherein each of said plurality of protruding members is spherical.
14. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 13 , wherein each of said protruding members is formed from glass.
15. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 14 , wherein each of said protruding members has first and second regions, each of the first and second regions being formed from a glass having a separate and distinct hue.
16. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 10 , wherein said plurality of protruding members comprise first and second sets of protruding members, the first and second sets of protruding members being disposed on diametrically opposed portions of the inner surface.
17. The aerating wine glass as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:
a base having opposed upper and lower surfaces, the lower surface being adapted for mounting on a support surface; and
a stem having opposed upper and lower ends, the lower end thereof being joined to the upper surface of the base, the upper end thereof being joined to the closed lower end of the receptacle portion.