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US 11,618,661 B2Granted
Container opener
AssigneeDraft Top, Inc.
InventorsArmand Joseph Ferranti, Sean Patrick Kelly, Alexander Armand Caracappa, Patrick Sebastian Parizo
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a container opener for opening a planar portion of a sealed container by cutting the planar portion of the container, while leaving little to no sharp edges on the container at the point of the cut.
Claims20
A container opener, comprising:
- a handle operatively coupled to a base;
- the base comprising:
- a first surface sized to receive a portion of a container;
- a cutter head having a blade;
- and
- an actuating mechanism operatively coupled to the handle and cutting head;
- an engagement member having a second surface sized to receive another portion of the container, a shape of the second surface being complimentary to a shape of the first surface of the base,
- wherein the actuating mechanism is configured to translate a rotational movement of the handle to a movement of the cutter head in a vertical direction of the container opener and to a movement of the second surface in a horizontal direction of the container opener.
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A device comprising:
- a handle operatively coupled to a base;
- the base comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface forming a hollow sized to receive a portion of a container;
- a cutter head having a blade;
- and
- an actuating mechanism operatively coupled to the handle and cutting head,
- wherein the actuating mechanism is configured to translate a rotational movement of the handle to a movement of the cutter head in a vertical direction of the container opener and to a movement of the second surface in a horizontal direction towards the first surface.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a container within a hollow of a base of a device, the hollow being formed by a first surface and a second surface of the base;
- rotating a handle of the device in a first downward direction causing:
- the first surface and second surface to engage and position the container within the hollow, and
- a cutter head of the device to translate in a second downward direction to pierce a surface of the container and to fold a cut portion of the surface inward;
- and
- rotating the handle in a first upward direction causing:
- the first surface and second surface to disengage the container, and
- the cutter head to translate in a second upward direction, the second upward direction being opposite the second downward direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.