Abrégé

The invention features a method of reconditioning a fluid container including heating for at least one cycle the fluid container to a select temperature for a select time duration; sealing for at least one cycle the fluid container; cooling for at least one cycle the fluid container to a select vacuum for a select time duration in an interior of the fluid container; wherein the select vacuum and the select time duration of the cooling step are selected to draw substantially a fluid from at least one of a pore, a cell and a fiber of the fluid container to a surface of the fluid container. The invention also features methods of infusing an infusion agent into a reconditioned fluid container, and methods for preparing construction materials, devices adapted for the construction material preparation methods, and construction materials including wood reconditioned and prepared in accordance with the methods of the invention.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12G 3/07 - Aromatisation avec des extraits de bois, p. ex. obtenue par le contact avec le boisPrétraitement du bois utilisé à cet effet
• C12H 1/22 - Vieillissement ou mûrissage par emmagasinage, p. ex. blondissement de la bière
• B65D 8/00 - Réceptacles de section transversale courbe, dont le corps est formé par jonction ou liaison de plusieurs composants rigides, ou sensiblement rigides, constitués en totalité ou principalement en métal, en matière plastique, en bois ou en un matériau de remplacement
• B65D 39/00 - Fermetures disposées dans les cols, les orifices verseurs ou les ouvertures de décharge, p. ex. bouchons
• B65D 51/24 - Fermetures non prévues ailleurs combinées avec dispositifs auxiliaires pour des buts autres que la fermeture
• B27B 5/04 - Machines à scier travaillant avec des lames de scie circulairesOrganes ou équipements ad hoc ayant la particularité de n'avoir qu'une seule utilisation pour le délignage
• B27K 3/02 - ProcédésAppareillage

Produits et services

(1) Freight logistics management; freight management services, namely, shipment processing, preparing shipping documents and invoices; inventory control; inventory control in the field of barrels; inventory management; inventory management in the field of barrels; on-line ordering services featuring barrels; on-line retail gift shops; on-line retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others consisting of barrels, barrel accessories specifically, racks, barrel feet, bungs, tool kits, nails, and sulfur strips, wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood dust, wood pieces, wood powder, wood spirals, wood slats, wood staves, barrel alternatives and adjuncts, namely mesh bags and wooden chips, cubes, spirals, slats, staves, and other wood pieces used for flavoring and aging wines and other beverages, barrel racks, spigots and ports made of wood and/or metal, barrel feet, tools for repairing barrels, bungs and plugs made of wood, plastic, rubber or silicone, artwork, bags, coasters, facemasks, flight glass holders, furnishings, furniture, musical instruments namely, guitars, nails, tap handles, tool kits, toys, games, and playthings consisting of cribbage boards and cornhole boards, writing instruments namely, pens, products made from reclaimed or recycled wooden barrels, namely furniture, ornaments, home furnishings, decorative articles for the home, household or kitchen containers, garden furniture, products used in making or flavoring alcoholic or nonalcoholic food and beverages namely beer, bourbon, brandy, cider, cognac, gin, honey, hot sauce, maple syrup, mead, rum, sherry, scotch, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and wine; on-line retail store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of consumer goods of others, on-line wholesale and retail store services consisting of barrels, barrel accessories specifically, racks, barrel feet, bungs, tool kits, nails, and sulfur strips, wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood dust, wood pieces, wood powder, wood spirals, wood slats, wood staves, barrel alternatives and adjuncts, namely mesh bags and wooden chips, cubes, spirals, slats, staves, and other wood pieces used for flavoring and aging wines and other beverages, barrel racks, spigots and ports made of wood and/or metal, barrel feet, tools for repairing barrels, bungs and plugs made of wood, plastic, rubber or silicone, artwork, bags, coasters, facemasks, flight glass holders, furnishings, furniture, musical instruments namely, guitars, nails, tap handles, tool kits, toys, games, and playthings consisting of cribbage boards and cornhole boards, writing instruments namely, pens, products made from reclaimed or recycled wooden barrels, namely furniture, ornaments, home furnishings, decorative articles for the home, household or kitchen containers, garden furniture, products used in making or flavoring alcoholic or nonalcoholic food and beverages namely beer, bourbon, brandy, cider, cognac, gin, honey, hot sauce, maple syrup, mead, rum, sherry, scotch, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and wine; on-line wholesale and retail store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of consumer goods of others, on-line wholesale and retail store services in relation to barrels, barrel accessories specifically, racks, barrel feet, bungs, tool kits, nails, and sulfur strips, wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood dust, wood pieces, wood powder, wood spirals, wood slats, wood staves, barrel alternatives and adjuncts, namely mesh bags and wooden chips, cubes, spirals, slats, staves, and other wood pieces used for flavoring and aging wines and other beverages, barrel racks, spigots and ports made of wood and/or metal, barrel feet, tools for repairing barrels, bungs and plugs made of wood, plastic, rubber or silicone, artwork, bags, coasters, facemasks, flight glass holders, furnishings, furniture, musical instruments namely, guitars, nails, tap handles, tool kits, toys, games, and playthings consisting of cribbage boards and cornhole boards, writing instruments namely, pens, products made from reclaimed or recycled wooden barrels, namely furniture, ornaments, home furnishings, decorative articles for the home, household or kitchen containers, garden furniture, products used in making or flavoring alcoholic or nonalcoholic food and beverages namely beer, bourbon, brandy, cider, cognac, gin, honey, hot sauce, maple syrup, mead, rum, sherry, scotch, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and wine; on-line wholesale store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of consumer goods of others, on-line wholesale and retail store services in relation to barrels, barrel accessories specifically, racks, barrel feet, bungs, tool kits, nails, and sulfur strips, wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood dust, wood pieces, wood powder, wood spirals, wood slats, wood staves, barrel alternatives and adjuncts, namely mesh bags and wooden chips, cubes, spirals, slats, staves, and other wood pieces used for flavoring and aging wines and other beverages, barrel racks, spigots and ports made of wood and/or metal, barrel feet, tools for repairing barrels, bungs and plugs made of wood, plastic, rubber or silicone, artwork, bags, coasters, facemasks, flight glass holders, furnishings, furniture, musical instruments namely, guitars, nails, tap handles, tool kits, toys, games, and playthings consisting of cribbage boards and cornhole boards, writing instruments namely, pens, products made from reclaimed or recycled wooden barrels, namely furniture, ornaments, home furnishings, decorative articles for the home, household or kitchen containers, garden furniture, products used in making or flavoring alcoholic or nonalcoholic food and beverages namely beer, bourbon, brandy, cider, cognac, gin, honey, hot sauce, maple syrup, mead, rum, sherry, scotch, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and wine; on-line services, namely, ordering and inventory monitoring for barrels; providing sales and lease leads for others in the field of barrels; providing a searchable website featuring the goods and services of other vendors by providing a website featuring links to the website of others ; providing a website used to place on-line commercial orders in the field of barrels; retail on-line ordering services featuring barrels also accessible by telephone, facsimile and mail order; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods consisting of a variety of barrels, barrel accessories specifically racks, barrel feet, bungs, tool kits, nails, and sulfur strips, wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood dust, wood pieces, wood powder, wood spirals, wood slats, wood staves, barrel alternatives and adjuncts, namely mesh bags and wooden chips, cubes, spirals, slats, staves, and other wood pieces used for flavoring and aging wines and other beverages, barrel racks, spigots and ports made of wood and/or metal, barrel feet, tools for repairing barrels, bungs and plugs made of wood, plastic, rubber or silicone, artwork, bags, coasters, facemasks, flight glass holders, furnishings, furniture, musical instruments namely guitars, nails, tap handles, tool kits, toys, games, and playthings consisting of cribbage boards and cornhole boards, writing instruments namely pens, products made from reclaimed or recycled wooden barrels, namely furniture, ornaments, home furnishings, decorative articles for the home, household or kitchen containers, garden furniture, products used in making or flavoring alcoholic or nonalcoholic food and beverages namely beer, bourbon, brandy, cider, cognac, gin, honey, hot sauce, maple syrup, mead, rum, sherry, scotch, tequila, vodka, whiskey, and wine, enabling customers and services, namely classes and presentations related to barrels, wood, aging, fixing barrels, and creating recipes, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those services. enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods and services from an internet web site specializing in the marketing of the sale of goods and services of others. (2) Tracking documents, packages and freight over computer networks, intranets and the internet for business purposes.

Produits et services

Freight logistics management; freight management services, namely, shipment processing (term considered too vague by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations), preparing shipping documents and invoices; inventory control; inventory control in the field of barrels; inventory management; inventory management in the field of barrels; on-line ordering services featuring barrels; on-line retail gift shops; on-line retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others; on-line retail store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of other consumer goods; on-line wholesale and retail store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of other consumer goods; on-line wholesale store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of other consumer goods; on-line services, namely, ordering and inventory monitoring for barrels; providing sales and lease leads for others in the field of barrels (term considered too vague by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations); providing a searchable website featuring the goods and services of other vendors (term considered too vague by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations); providing a website used to place on-line commercial orders in the field of barrels (term considered too vague by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations); retail on-line ordering services featuring barrels also accessible by telephone, facsimile and mail order; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods and services, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods and services from an internet web site particularly specializing in the marketing of the sale of goods and services of others. Tracking documents, packages and freight over computer networks, intranets and the internet for business purposes.

Produits et services

Barrel staves of wood; barrels, not of metal; casks not made of metal; casks, not of metal; kegs, not of metal; non-metal barrels; reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; staves of wood; wood barrels; wood casks; wood kegs; wooden barrel lids; oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels. Flavorings in the nature of flavor-infused wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of chips, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and pieces of wood for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; flavorings in the nature of oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels; flavorings in the nature of wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of chips, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and pieces of wood for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids. Treatment of wood through aging, cleaning, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, sanitization, testing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; treatment of wood through aging, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts to the order and specifications of others; treatment of wood through infusing custom flavor profiles into wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; advisory and consulting services related to the above services.

Produits et services

(1) Barrel staves of wood; barrels, not of metal; casks, not of metal; kegs, not of metal; non-metal barrels; reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; staves of wood; wood barrels; wood casks; wood kegs; wooden barrel lids. (2) Flavorings in the nature of flavor-infused wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of chips, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and pieces of wood for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; flavorings in the nature of oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels; flavorings in the nature of wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of chips, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and pieces of wood for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids. (3) Oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels. (1) Treatment of wood through aging, cleaning, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, sanitization, testing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; treatment of wood through aging, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts to the order and specifications of others; treatment of wood through infusing custom flavor profiles into wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; advisory and consulting services related to the treatment of wood through aging, cleaning, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, sanitization, testing, toasting, and treatment of wood and barrels.

Produits et services

Barrel staves of wood; Barrels, not of metal; Casks not made of metal; Casks, not of metal; Kegs, not of metal; Non-metal barrels; Reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; Staves of wood; Wood barrels; Wood casks; Wood kegs; Wooden barrel lids

Produits et services

Treatment of wood through aging, cleaning, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, sanitization, testing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; Treatment of wood through aging, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts to the order and specifications of others; Treatment of wood through infusing custom flavor profiles into wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; Advisory and consulting services related to the above services

Produits et services

(1) Boards of wood; building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, wood wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, wall boards, and wall decor, namely, decorative wall tiles of wood, non-metal decorative moldings and decorative trim for use in building construction, and non-metal wall tiles; building materials, namely, hardwood flooring and wall decor, namely, decorative wall tiles of wood, non-luminous and non-mechanical signs, not of metal, non-metal decorative moldings and decorative trim for use in building construction, non-metal wall tiles, wood boards, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; building timber; ceiling boards of wood; floor tiles of wood; hard wood flooring; lumber; millwork, exclusive of cabinets; non- metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; semi-worked wood; wood floor tiles for building; wood ceiling tiles for building; veneer wood; wall boards; wood backsplash tiles; wood blocks; wood boards; wood border tiles; wood cobbles; wood panelling; wood, semi-worked; wood tile floors; wood trim; wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; wooden flooring. (2) Decorative wall plaques made of wood and ornaments of wood, other than tree ornaments; ornaments and decorative goods of wood namely, decorative wall plaques, decorative mobiles, picture frames, toy boxes and chests; signboards of wood; barrel staves of wood; wood barrels; casks for decanting wine; casks for industrial packaging; pet crates; shipping crates; custom furniture, namely, office furniture, kitchen furniture, bathroom furniture, garden furniture, bedroom furniture, computer furniture; custom wood products, cutouts, and shapes, namely, sculptures of wood; decorative objects made of wood namely, display stands, wooden flags, maps made of wood, wood carvings and drink coasters; display cases; furniture, namely, office furniture, kitchen furniture, bathroom furniture, garden furniture, bedroom furniture, computer furniture; furniture parts, namely, office furniture parts, kitchen furniture parts, bathroom furniture parts, garden furniture parts, bedroom furniture parts, computer furniture parts; kegs, not of metal, namely, wood kegs; non-metal barrels, namely, wood barrels; non-metal handles for furniture; ornaments of wood; reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; staves of wood; tables; wall decor, namely, wall plaques of wood; wall plaques of wood; wood barrels; wood bins; wood boxes; wood casks; wood crates; wood doorknobs; wood handles for furniture; wood kegs; wood knobs; wood ornaments; wood pulls; wooden flags; wooden non-metal handles for furniture; wooden ornaments, namely, geometric shapes; wooden barrel lids; works of art made of wood; oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels. (3) Flavorings in the nature of flavor-infused wood, wood blocks, wood chips, wood chunks, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, wood strips, and wood pieces in the nature of blocks, chips, chunks, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and strips, all made of wood and all for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; flavorings in the nature of wood, wood blocks, wood chips, wood chunks, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, wood strips, and wood pieces in the nature of blocks, chips, chunks, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and strips, all made of wood and all for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids.

Produits et services

Boards of wood; building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, wall boards, and wall decor, namely, decorative wall tiles of wood, non-metal decorative moldings and decorative trim for use in building construction, and non-metal wall tiles; building materials, namely, hardwood flooring and wall decor, namely, decorative wall tiles of wood, non-luminous and non-mechanical signs, not of metal, non-metal decorative moldings and decorative trim for use in building construction, non-metal wall tiles, wood boards, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; building timber; ceiling boards of wood; floor tiles of wood; hard wood flooring; lumber; millwork, exclusive of cabinets; non- metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; semi-worked wood; tiles, not of metal, for building; veneer wood; wall boards; wood backsplash tiles; wood blocks; wood boards; wood border tiles; wood cobbles; wood panelling; wood, semi-worked; wood tile floors; wood trim; wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; wooden flooring. Decorative wall plaques made of wood and ornaments of wood, other than tree ornaments; ornaments and decorative goods of wood; signboards of wood; barrel staves of wood; barrels, not of metal; casks not made of metal; casks, not of metal; crates; custom furniture; custom wood products, cutouts, and shapes, namely, sculptures of wood; decorative objects [ornaments] made of wood; display cases; furniture; furniture parts; kegs, not of metal, namely, wood kegs; non-metal barrels; non-metal handles for furniture; ornaments of wood; reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; staves of wood; tables; wall decor, namely, wall plaques of wood; wall plaques of wood; wood barrels; wood bins; wood boxes; wood casks; wood crates; wood doorknobs; wood handles for furniture; wood kegs; wood knobs; wood ornaments; wood pulls; wooden flags; wooden non-metal handles for furniture; wooden ornaments, namely, geometric shapes; wooden barrel lids; works of art made of wood; oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels. Flavorings in the nature of flavor-infused wood, wood blocks, wood chips, wood chunks, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, wood strips, and wood pieces in the nature of blocks, chips, chunks, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and strips, all made of wood and all for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; flavorings in the nature of wood, wood blocks, wood chips, wood chunks, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, wood strips, and wood pieces in the nature of blocks, chips, chunks, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and strips, all made of wood and all for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids.

Produits et services

Boards of wood; building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, wall decor, wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; building materials, namely, hardwood flooring, wall decor, namely, signs of wood, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; building timber; ceiling boards of wood; floor tiles of wood; hardwood flooring; lumber; millwork, exclusive of cabinets; non-metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; semi-worked wood; tiles, not of metal, for building; veneer wood; wall boards; wood backsplash tiles; wood blocks; wood boards; wood border tiles; wood cobbles; wood panelling; wood, semi-worked; wood tile floors; wood trim; wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; wooden flooring.

Produits et services

(1) Boards of wood; Building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; Building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; Building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, wall décor, namely wood signs, wood wall panels, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building materials, namely, hardwood flooring, wall decor, namely, signs of wood, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building timber; Ceiling boards of wood; Floor tiles of wood; Hardwood flooring; Lumber; Millwork, exclusive of cabinets; Non-metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; Semi-worked wood; Wood tiles for building; Veneer wood; Wood wall boards; Wood backsplash tiles; Wood blocks; Wood boards; Wood border tiles; Wood cobbles; Wood panelling; Wood, semi-worked; Wood tile floors; Wood trim; Wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; Wooden flooring.

Produits et services

Freight logistics management; Freight management services, namely, shipment processing, preparing shipping documents and invoices, tracking documents, packages and freight over computer networks, intranets and the internet for business purposes; Inventory control; Inventory control in the field of barrels; Inventory management; Inventory management in the field of barrels; On-line ordering services featuring barrels; On-line retail gift shops; On-line retail store services featuring a wide variety of consumer goods of others; On-line retail store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of other consumer goods; On-line wholesale and retail store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of other consumer goods; On-line wholesale store services featuring barrels, barrel accessories, wood, wood products, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, wood slats, wood pieces, wood powder, sawdust, and a wide variety of other consumer goods; On-line services, namely, ordering and inventory monitoring for barrels; Providing sales and lease leads for others in the field of barrels; Providing a searchable website featuring the goods and services of other vendors; Providing a website used to place on-line commercial orders in the field of barrels; Retail on-line ordering services featuring barrels also accessible by telephone, facsimile and mail order; The bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods and services, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods and services from an Internet web site particularly specializing in the marketing of the sale of goods and services of others

Produits et services

Barrel staves of wood; Barrels, not of metal; Casks not made of metal; Casks, not of metal; Crates; Custom furniture; Custom wood products, cutouts, and shapes, namely, sculptures of wood; Display cases; Furniture; Furniture parts; Kegs, not of metal, namely, wood kegs; Non-metal barrels; Non-metal handles comprised of wood for furniture; Ornaments of wood; Reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; Staves of wood; Tables; Wood barrels; Wood bins; Wood boxes; Wood casks; Wood crates; Wood doorknobs; Wood handles for furniture; Wood kegs; Wood knobs; Wood ornaments; Wood pulls; Wooden flags; Wooden ornaments, namely, geographical shapes; Wooden barrel lids; Works of art made of wood

Produits et services

Flavor-infused wood, wood blocks, wood chips, wood chunks, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, wood strips, and wood pieces in the nature of blocks, chips, chunks, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and strips, all made of wood and all for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; Oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels; Wood, wood blocks, wood chips, wood chunks, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, wood strips, and wood pieces in the nature of blocks, chips, chunks, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and strips, all made of wood and all for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids

Produits et services

Flavor-infused wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of chips, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and pieces of wood for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; Oak wood, oak chip and oak stave inserts for wine barrels; Wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of chips, cubes, inserts, spirals, staves, and pieces of wood for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids

Produits et services

Boards of wood; Building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; Building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; Building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall decor, wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building materials, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall décor, namely, wall plaques and signs of wood, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building timber; Ceiling boards of wood; Floor tiles of wood; Hard wood flooring; Lumber; Millwork, exclusive of cabinets; Non-metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; Semi-worked wood; Tiles, not of metal, for building; veneer wood; Wall boards; Wood backsplash tiles; Wood blocks; Wood boards; Wood border tiles; Wood cobbles; Wood panelling; Wood, semi-worked; Wood tile floors; Wood trim; Wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; Wooden flooring

Produits et services

Boards of wood; Building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; Building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; Building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall decor, wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building materials, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall décor, namely, wall plaques and signs of wood, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building timber; Ceiling boards of wood; Floor tiles of wood; Hard wood flooring; Lumber; Millwork, exclusive of cabinets; Non-metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; Semi-worked wood; Tiles, not of metal, for building; veneer wood; Wall boards; Wood backsplash tiles; Wood blocks; Wood boards; Wood border tiles; Wood cobbles; Wood panelling; Wood, semi-worked; Wood tile floors; Wood trim; Wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; Wooden flooring

Produits et services

Flavor-infused wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of wood chips, wood chunks, and wood blocks for flavoring alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages; Oak wood, oak chip, and oak stave inserts for wine barrels; Wood, wood chips, wood cubes, wood inserts, wood spirals, wood staves, and wood pieces in the nature of wood chips, wood chunks, and wood blocks for flavoring alcohol, beer, beverages, wine, or other liquids

Produits et services

Barrel staves of wood; barrels, not of metal; casks not made of metal; casks, not of metal; kegs, not of metal; non-metal barrels; reconditioned or repaired wood barrels; staves of wood; wood barrels; wood casks; wood kegs; wooden barrel lids

Produits et services

Treatment of wood through aging, cleaning, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, sanitization, testing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; treatment of wood through aging, conditioning, flavor-infusion, processing, toasting, and treatment of wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts to the order and specifications of others; treatment of wood through infusing custom flavor profiles into wood, wood barrels, wood chips, wood cubes, wood spirals, wood staves, and wooden inserts; advisory and consulting services related to the above services

Abrégé

The invention features a method of reconditioning a fluid container including heating for at least one cycle the fluid container to a select temperature for a select time duration; sealing for at least one cycle the fluid container; cooling for at least one cycle the fluid container to a select vacuum for a select time duration in an interior of the fluid container; wherein the select vacuum and the select time duration of the cooling step are selected to draw substantially a fluid from at least one of a pore, a cell and a fiber of the fluid container to a surface of the fluid container. The invention also features methods of infusing an infusion agent into a reconditioned fluid container, and methods for preparing construction materials, devices adapted for the construction material preparation methods, and construction materials including wood reconditioned and prepared in accordance with the methods of the invention.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47J 31/44 - Éléments ou parties constitutives des appareils à préparer des boissons
• A61L 2/04 - Procédés ou appareils de désinfection ou de stérilisation de matériaux ou d'objets autres que les denrées alimentaires ou les lentilles de contactAccessoires à cet effet utilisant des phénomènes physiques de la chaleur
• A61L 2/07 - Procédés ou appareils de désinfection ou de stérilisation de matériaux ou d'objets autres que les denrées alimentaires ou les lentilles de contactAccessoires à cet effet utilisant des phénomènes physiques de la chaleur des gaz chauds de la vapeur
• B08B 9/08 - Nettoyage de récipients, p. ex. de réservoirs
• B26D 1/04 - Coupe d'une pièce caractérisée par la nature ou par le mouvement de l'élément coupantAppareils ou machines à cet effetÉléments coupants à cet effet comportant un élément qui ne suit pas le mouvement de la pièce ayant un élément coupant se déplaçant linéairement
• C12G 3/07 - Aromatisation avec des extraits de bois, p. ex. obtenue par le contact avec le boisPrétraitement du bois utilisé à cet effet

Abrégé

The invention features a method of reconditioning a fluid container including heating for at least one cycle the fluid container to a select temperature for a select time duration; sealing for at least one cycle the fluid container; cooling for at least one cycle the fluid container to a select vacuum for a select time duration in an interior of the fluid container; wherein the select vacuum and the select time duration of the cooling step are selected to draw substantially a fluid from at least one of a pore, a cell and a fiber of the fluid container to a surface of the fluid container. The invention also features methods of infusing an infusion agent into a reconditioned fluid container, and methods for preparing construction materials, devices adapted for the construction material preparation methods, and construction materials including wood reconditioned and prepared in accordance with the methods of the invention.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12H 1/22 - Vieillissement ou mûrissage par emmagasinage, p. ex. blondissement de la bière
• B08B 9/08 - Nettoyage de récipients, p. ex. de réservoirs
• B65D 71/00 - Paquets d'objets maintenus ensemble par des éléments d'emballage pour la commodité du stockage ou du transport, p. ex. paquets compartimentés pour le transport à la main de plusieurs réceptacles tels que des boîtes de bière ou des bouteilles de boissons gazeusesBalles de matériaux
• B65D 39/00 - Fermetures disposées dans les cols, les orifices verseurs ou les ouvertures de décharge, p. ex. bouchons
• B65D 8/00 - Réceptacles de section transversale courbe, dont le corps est formé par jonction ou liaison de plusieurs composants rigides, ou sensiblement rigides, constitués en totalité ou principalement en métal, en matière plastique, en bois ou en un matériau de remplacement
• C12G 3/07 - Aromatisation avec des extraits de bois, p. ex. obtenue par le contact avec le boisPrétraitement du bois utilisé à cet effet
• B08B 3/02 - Nettoyage par la force de jets ou de pulvérisations
• B26D 7/02 - Moyens pour maintenir ou mettre en position la pièce comportant des moyens de serrage

Produits et services

Boards of wood; Building materials, namely, manufactured wood veneer for use on floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, and internal or external surfaces; Building materials, namely, semi-worked woods, wood boards, hardwood, and wall boards; Building materials made of wood, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall decor, wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building materials, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall décor, namely, wall plaques and signs of wood, wooden wall paneling, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards; Building timber; Ceiling boards of wood; Floor tiles of wood; Hard wood flooring; Lumber; Millwork, exclusive of cabinets; Non-metal building materials, namely, wooden boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim for building; Semi-worked wood; Tiles, not of metal, for building; veneer wood; Wall boards; Wood backsplash tiles; Wood blocks; Wood boards; Wood border tiles; Wood cobbles; Wood panelling; Wood, semi-worked; Wood tile floors; Wood trim; Wood wall coverings, namely, wood boards, blocks, cobbles, millwork, panelling, planks, tiles, and trim; Wooden flooring

Produits et services

Barrel staves of wood; Crates; Custom furniture; Custom wood products, cutouts, and shapes, namely, sculptures of wood; Display cases; Furniture; Furniture parts; Non-metal barrels; Non-metal handles for furniture and tools; Non-metal and non-leather key chains; Ornaments of wood; Tables; Wood barrels; Wood bins; Wood boxes; Wood caddies for holding glassware, dishes, or merchandise for household and domestic use; Wood crates; Wood doorknobs; Wood handles for furniture and tools; Wood knobs; Wood ornaments; Wood pulls; Wood signs; Wooden flags; Wooden geographical shapes; Wooden barrel lids; Wooden maps; Wooden trays, namely, wooden serving trays and sampler trays; Works of art made of wood

Produits et services

Boards of wood; Building materials, namely, hardwood flooring, electrical wall outlet plates, electric switch plates, wall decor, namely, wall plaques made of wood, wall panels not of metal, cobbles, wood blocks, wood tiles, and wall boards and boards made of wood; Floor tiles of wood; Hard wood flooring; Wood blocks; Wood boards; Wood panelling; Wood tile floors