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US 12,220,802 B1Granted
Multi-purpose paint can tool
OwnerCraig Lombardinventor
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Abstract
A device for opening and closing a paint can without damage to the paint can lid or paint can. The device can also perforate the paint can with holes around the perimeter of the paint can rim so that paint in the rim can return to the paint can. The device includes a T-shaped base with a can opener at the lower end of the T, two perforating spikes on the bottom, four bumpers for closing the paint can, and a magnet for holding the device to a paint can.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- a first elongated structure section comprising a top side, a bottom side, a can opener end and a bumper end separated from the can opener end by a first length;
- a second elongated structure section comprising a top side, a bottom side, a first end, and a second end separated from the first end by a second length;
- wherein the second elongated structure section is disposed perpendicular to the first elongated structure section and connected to the bumper end of the first elongated structure at a center of the length of the second elongated structure, and wherein the second elongated structure section is mechanically fixed to the first elongated structure section;
- a can opener disposed on the first elongated structure section can opener end top side;
- a closing bumper disposed on the second elongated structure section top side proximal to the point where the first elongated structure section meets the second elongated structure section;
- a pair of perforating cone spikes respectively disposed on the second elongated structure section bottom side at respective first and second ends, wherein the pair of the perforating cone spikes are separated by a distance that will fit within an arc of a rimmed paint can opening;
- a pair of perforating bumpers respectively disposed on the second elongated structure section top side at respective first and second ends corresponding to the perforating cone spikes;
- a magnet disposed on the first elongated structure section bottom side, wherein the magnet is mechanically fixed with the first elongated structure section, and wherein the magnet is disposed approximately at a mid-point of the first length;
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- a handle disposed on the first elongated structure section top side at a point between the can opener end and the bumper end.
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A method of manufacture comprising the steps of:
- providing:
- a first elongated structure section comprising a top side, a bottom side, a can opener end and a bumper end separated from the can opener end by a first length;
- a second elongated structure section comprising a top side, a bottom side, a first end, and a second end separated from the first end by a second length;
- wherein the second elongated structure section is disposed perpendicular to the first elongated structure section and connected to the bumper end of the first elongated structure at a center of the length of the second elongated structure, and wherein the second elongated structure section is mechanically fixed to the first elongated structure section;
- a can opener disposed on the first elongated structure section can opener end top side;
- a closing bumper disposed on the second elongated structure section top side proximal to the point where the first elongated structure section meets the second elongated structure section;
- a pair of perforating cone spikes respectively disposed on the second elongated structure section bottom side at respective first and second ends, wherein the pair of the perforating cone spikes are separated by a distance that will fit within an arc of a rimmed paint can opening;
- a pair of perforating bumpers respectively disposed on the second elongated structure section top side at respective first and second ends corresponding to the perforating cone spikes;
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- forming the first elongated structure section, the second elongated structure section, the pair of the perforating cone spikes, and the can opener as a single piece of material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.