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US 4,052,917 AGranted
Jar and bottle cap opener
AssigneeBeryl Gee
InventorBeryl Gee
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Abstract
A jar and bottle cap opener having a pair of interchangeably sized gripping jaws slid into engagement along a handle with opposite surfaces of a jar or bottle cap and locked into firm gripping engagement therewith. The handle is then rotated to twist off the cap.
Claims5
A jar and bottle cap opener comprising:
- an elongated handle having a depending lug at the front thereof;
- a slide on said handle having a depending lug at the front thereof;
- a slot in the side of each of said lugs, the slot on one of said lugs being on a side opposite to the slot on the other of said lugs;
- a pair of arcuate jaws for gripping therebetween a cap on a bottle or jar;
- means on each of said jaws slidably received within one of said slots for mounting a jaw on each of said lugs;
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- means pivotably mounted on said slide for urging said jaws into gripping relation with a cap on a bottle or a jar and for locking said jaws in gripping relation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.