Today in 1894, US Patent 528485 A was issued, an invention of William Painter, assigned to the Crown Cork and Seal Company, for his “Bottle Seal or Stopper,” although he’s more famous for having invented to crown bottle cap. There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
I claim as my invention, a bottle seal, an extracting attachment which consists of the combination of a main loop or eye adapted to receive an extracting tool, and two additional loops or eyes.
