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US 5,329,832 AGranted
Pull tab can opener
OwnerRonald E. Tegethoffinventor
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Abstract
Pull tab can opener, comprising a non flexible hook attached to an adjustable band to be wrapped around a finger digit and worn as a finger band to allow ease, speed and safety in opening pull tab cans.
Claims4
A can opener tool for opening a can having a pull tab attached to a scored closure member integrally formed in a top side of the can, the can opener tool comprising:
- a flexible strap of self adhesive material ordinarily wrapped completely around any digit of a finger;
- and opener means comprising a single solid hook attachment connected to said flexible strap of self adhesive material for engaging pull tabs for opening said can which is utilized by the natural flexation of the finger as a hand is placed over the top side of the can to lift the can, the hook engaging the pull tab and with the natural flexation of the finger when lifting the can, the pull tab of the can is pulled upward by the can opener tool forcing the scored closure member on the can to move inward opening the can, the flexible strap is comprised of one piece of flexible self adhesive material with a slit in a center of the flexible strap by which the solid hook of the can opener tool is secured in the slit and therefore secured snugly against a palm side of a finger digit of the user's finger holding the hook when the strap is wrapped around the finger digit.
A can opener tool for opening a can having a pull tab attached to a scored closure member integrally formed in a top side of the can, the can opener tool comprising:
- a flexible strap of self adhesive material ordinarily wrapped completely around any digit of a finger;
- and opener means comprising a single solid hook attachment connected to said flexible strap of self adhesive material for engaging pull tabs for opening said can which is utilized by the natural flexation of the finger as a hand is placed over the top side of the can to lift the can, the hook engaging the pull tab and with the natural flexation of the finger when lifting the can, the pull tab of the can is pulled upward by the can opener tool forcing the scored closure member on the can to move inward opening the can, the solid hook comprises a flat two sided piece of metal with a bend in a center of the two sided piece of metal comprised of a 180 degree bend to comprise a means for inserting the hook to the flexible strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.