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US 2006/0278541 A1Published application
Bottle opener and storage device
AssigneeTodd M. Mendoza
InventorTodd Mendoza
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to openers and storage devices for bottled beverages. More particularly, the apparatus and method of the present invention relates to a device designed such that it may hold at least one bottle for storing and be used to easily remove bottle caps.
Claims21
A bottle opener for removing a cap off a bottle, said bottle opener comprising:
- a body;
- at least one aperture disposed within said body, said at least one aperture having a perimeter edge and adapted to receive the cap and an upper end of the bottle;
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- a member movably affixed to said body, said member having a normal position such that said member partially protrudes inside said perimeter edge of said aperture such that it reduces the size of said aperture;
- wherein said member is adapted to move outwardly from said normal position when the cap and upper end of the bottle are inserted into said aperture and move inwardly back to said normal position thereby engaging the bottle under the cap.
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A bottle opener for removing a cap off a bottle, said bottle opener comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of apertures disposed within said body, each of said plurality of apertures having a perimeter edge and adapted to receive the cap and an upper end of the bottle;
- a plurality of first members movably affixed to said body, said plurality of first members;
- a plurality of second members movably affixed to said body, said plurality of second members disposed on a substantially opposite side of said plurality of apertures from said plurality of first members;
- a plurality of means for providing a spring force against said plurality of first and second members, said plurality of means for providing a spring force abut a first side of said plurality of first and second members to maintain said plurality of first and second members in said normal position;
- wherein said plurality of first and second members having a normal position such that said plurality of first and second members each partially protrude inside said perimeter edges of said plurality of apertures reducing the size of said plurality of apertures, said plurality of first and second members are adapted to slide outwardly from said normal position against said means for providing a spring force and spring inwardly back to said normal position.
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A method for opening bottled beverages, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a package of a plurality of bottled beverages;
- pushing a bottle opener over caps of said plurality of bottled beverages until said bottle opener affixes under the caps of said plurality of bottled beverages;
- lifting said plurality of bottled beverages from the package;
- pulling lower end of one of said bottled beverages away from said bottle opener until said cap of said bottled beverage is removed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.