Device for facilitating opening of pull-top cans

Details Device for facilitating opening of pull-top cans Device for facilitating opening of pull-top cans

1997-03-27

1998-11-10

Cherry, Johnny D.

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements

Detachable lifter

81 34, 294 33, A47J 4510, B67B 700

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058332855

ABSTRACT:
A device that spaces fingers away from lids of the type having sharp metallic edges when such lids are removed from cans of the pull-top lid type. The device further prevents movement of the can during the lid-removing process. The device includes a flat base having at least one opening configured and sized to receive the rim of a can. The opening is lined with a liner having a vertical surface that is gripped by the fingers during the can-opening process. Thus, the fingers are spaced apart from the edges of the lid when the lid is removed from the can. The palm of one hand rests atop the base and prevents it and hence the can from lifting during the opening process. In a preferred embodiment, a pair of openings of differing sizes are formed in the base, with the openings overlapping to reduce the length of the device. The shape of the opening can be any shape to accommodate differing shapes of cans.

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patent: 970206 (1910-09-01), Forster
patent: 1919866 (1933-07-01), Schacht
patent: 2015565 (1935-09-01), Loeber
patent: 3589509 (1971-06-01), Mascia
patent: 3664497 (1972-05-01), Mascia
patent: 4911038 (1990-03-01), Ferrin

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