Hand held opening apparatus
US4455894A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S30/03
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hand held opening apparatus with no moving parts which includes three distinctly different opening devices. One of the opening devices consists of a centrally located socket-like portion at the center of a substantially flat body portion. This opening device is adapted to be telescoped over twist-off bottle cap members. A second opening device is located at one end of the flat body portion and consists of a wedge member insertable beneath a ring pull tab of a can end easy opening member. The third opening device is used to open plastic bags or the like and consists of a blade laminated within upper and lower portions of the flat body portion at the end opposite the second opening device. The body portion may be made from a plastic material and a permanent magnet may be embedded in one surface of the flat body member to permit the apparatus to be held magnetically when not in use.
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