Container opening tool

A container opening tool for a container having a frangible closure panel with an opening tab, comprising:

• an elongated body member having a front end and a rear end;
• hook means at said front end of said body member for engaging the lifting end of the opening tab of the frangible closure panel;
• first abutment means for abutting the frangible closure panel of the container and the inner end of the opening tab when said hook means engages the lifting end of the opening tab, said first abutment means comprising a first projecting member extending from said body member adjacent said hook means fixed in spaced relation with respect to said hook means at a predetermined distance from said hook means, said first projecting member having a first generally convex projecting end surface extending longitudinally on a longitudinal line with said hook means, said convex surface having a forward segment closer to said hook means and a rear segment farther removed from said hook means, said forward segment being spaced from said hook means so as to abut the inner end of the opening tab, the tab when engaged by said hook means and abutted by said forward segment defining an imaginary plane, said first convex surface being increasingly spaced from said plane progressing from said forward segment toward said rear segment;
• second abutment means for abutting the surface of the container in opening a container having a tear-away closure panel and for thereby moving said first abutment means away from the container, said second abutment means comprising a second projecting member extending from said body member and spaced rearwardly from said first projecting member, said second projecting member having a second generally convex projecting end surface extending longitudinally on a longitudinal line with said first convex surface;
• and,
• means for receiving the lip of the container adjacent the container opening in opening a container having an inwardly pivoting closure panel, said lip receiving means comprising a gap between said first and second projecting members.

A container opening tool for a container having a frangible closure panel with an opening tab, comprising:

• an elongated body member with a front end and a rear end;
• a hook member at said front end of said body member for engaging the lifting end of said tab;
• a first projecting member extending from said body member adjacent said hook member, said first projecting member having a first generally convex projecting end surface on a longitudinal line with said hook member, said first convex surface having a forward segment closer to said hook member, a rear segment farther removed from said hook member, and an intermediate segment between said forward and rear segments, each of said segments being a flat surface, said segments thereby forming two projecting points between respective pairs of said segments, said first convex surface also including a projecting point at the forward end of said forward segment and a projecting point at the rearward end of said rearward segment;
• said forward segment being spaced from said hook member so as to abut the inner end of said opening tab, said tab when engaged by said hook member and abutted by said forward segment defining an imaginary plane, said first convex surface being increasingly spaced from said plane progressing from said forward segment toward said rear segment;
• and,
• a second projecting member extending from said body member and spaced rearwardly from said first projecting member, said second projecting member having a second generally convex projecting end surface on a longitudinal line with said first convex surface, said first and second projecting members having a gap therebetween.