Plug-removing tool
OwnerDonald Kenneth Maroney, Sr., Barbara Goode Maroneyinventors
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Abstract
This invention provides a novel solution for a Plug-Removing Tool comprising a base, a helicoid tool, and a lever. The invention also includes a method for using a Plug-Removing Tool to remove a plug from an opening of a container comprising partially inserting a helicoid tool of the Plug-Removing Tool into the plug, extending a lever of the Plug-Removing Tool, gripping the lever with a hand and using the lever to apply a torque relative to a point where the helicoid tool was inserted into the plug driving the helicoid tool into the plug, and using the Plug-Removing Tool, with the helicoid tool fully inserted into the plug, to pull the plug from the container.
Claims11
A plug-removing tool comprising:
- a base including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a first side surface,
- a second side surface opposite the first side surface, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end;
- a helicoid tool attached on the bottom surface of the base and near the second end of the base;
- and a knife to be hinged into a stowed position when not in use and hinged into an extended position when in use;
- a support element pivotally attached on the bottom surface of the base and near the second end of the base enabling the support tool to be hinged into a stowed position when not in use and hinged into an extended position when in use;
- a lever attached on the top surface of the base and at the first end of the base, wherein a first end of the lever is pivotally attached to the base enabling the lever to rotate from a stowed configuration into an extended configuration with the lever forming a right angle relative to the base;
- wherein raising the lever provides a capacity to apply a torque relative to the helicoid tool for driving the helicoid tool into a plug with full continuous turns of the helicoid tool.
A cork-removing tool comprising:
- a base including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a first side surface, a second side surface opposite the first side surface, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end;
- a knife pivotally attached on the top surface of the base and at the second end of the base enabling the knife to be positioned in a stowed position when not in use and positioned in an extended position when in use;
- a support element pivotally attached on the bottom surface of the base and near the second end of the base enabling the support tool to be hinged into a stowed position when not in use and hinged into an extended position when in use;
- a corkscrew tool attached on the bottom surface of the base and near the second end of the base;
- and a lever pivotably attached on the top surface of the base and at the first end of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.