Box top opener

A box top opener comprising elongated handle means, plate means secured to and extending transversely to the length of said handle means at one end thereof, first and second flat, parallel, closely spaced apart jaws extending from said plate means away from said handle means for receiving a box top therebetween for separating that portion of a box top received therebetween from the sides of the box and bending said portion upwardly to open one corner of the box to provide access to the contents thereof said first jaw being comprised of a substantially rectilinear plate having a width and length sufficient to overlie a substantial portion of the upper surface of the box top and said second jaw being comprised of a triangular plate the base of which is equal to the width of the upper plate and the length of which is greater than half the length but considerably less than the full length of said first plate, the edges of said triangular second plate remote from said first plate being beveled to facilitate insertion of said second plate beneath a box top and reinforcing means secured to and extending perpendicularly to said plate means and said jaws for reinforcing said jaws against bending movement relative to said plate means.