MAKE PARTIES GO WITH A BANG
To some, the ceremonious undoing of the wire cork retainer on a champagne bottle is all part of the fun. But Seung Ki Lee of South Korea wants more immediate gratification. He has developed a champagne bottle that can be opened instantly by yanking out a pin, hand-grenade style.
The plastic stopper is made of two hollow halves that are locked together by the pin to seal the bottle tightly (WO 2004/099058 and 022475). To open the bubbly, you shake the bottle and pull the pin – with a devil-may-care flourish, no doubt –…
