Tab lifting tool for lifting container lid tabs
OwnerRaymond P. Tippinventor
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Abstract
A tool for lifting container lid lift tabs comprises a thin, relatively long and narrow body suitable for holding in a user's thumb and fingers. The body has a front edge and top and bottom surfaces, the front edge having a beveled undersurface that extends rearwardly and downwardly at an acute angle with respect to the bottom surface whereby the tool may be slipped under a container lid tab with the beveled undersurface aligned generally parallel with surface of the container lid. The top surface has a generally planar main area and has a concavity located adjacent the front edge, the concavity intersecting the front edge and having a sloped container lid tab-contacting surface that extends upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge until intersecting with the top main area.
Claims9
A tool for lifting container lid lift tabs which comprises a thin, relatively long and narrow body suitable for holding in a user's thumb and fingers;
- said body having a front edge and top and bottom surfaces;
- said front edge having a beveled undersurface that extends rearwardly and downwardly at an acute angle with respect to said bottom surface whereby said tool may be slipped under a container lid tab with said beveled undersurface aligned generally parallel with surface of the container lid;
- and said top surface having a generally planar main area and having a concavity located adjacent said front edge, said concavity intersecting said front edge and having a sloped container lid tab-contacting surface that extends upwardly and rearwardly from said front edge until intersecting with said top main area, said concavity being generally hemiparabolic in configuration so as to present a concave surface that is (a) transversely concave across said front edge and (b) longitudinally concave and sloping upward from said front edge, said front edge having a straight bottom line and a curved upper line to provide a thickness that is least at the midpoint and greatest at each end, whereby said tool is self-centering when inserted under a container lid tab.
A tool for lifting container lid lift tabs which comprises a thin, relatively long and narrow body suitable for holding in a user's thumb and fingers;
- said body having a front edge and top and bottom surfaces;
- said front edge having a beveled undersurface that extends rearwardly and downwardly at an acute angle with respect to said bottom surface;
- said top surface having a generally planar main area and having a concavity located adjacent said front edge, said concavity intersecting said front edge and having a sloped container lid tab-contacting surface that extends upwardly and rearwardly from said front edge until intersecting with said top main area;
- said concavity having a generally semi bowl-shaped outline in plan view so as to present a concave surface that is (a) transversely concave across said front edge and (b) longitudinally concave and sloping upward from said front edge, said front edge having a straight bottom line and a curved upper line to provide a thickness that is least at the midpoint and greatest at each end, whereby said tool is self-centering when inserted under a container lid tab
- said body being generally rectangular in plan view with a width of about 0.75 in., a length of about 2.5 in., and a thickness of about 1/8 in.;
- and wherein said front edge beveled undersurface is sloped downwardly at an angle of between about 25.degree. and 45.degree. with respect to said bottom surface;
- and said concavity container lid tab-contacting surface being sloped upwardly at an angle of between about 10.degree. and 25.degree. with respect to said top surface;
- said top surface being provided with a thumb rest rib adjacent the rearward-most end of said concavity.
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