Device for opening screwed lids and the like

Device for opening lids comprising:

• an elongated handle having a first handle portion and a second handle portion, the first handle portion having a first distal end and a first proximal end, the second handle portion having a second distal end and a second proximal end, the first and second handle portions hingedly connected at the first and second distal ends;
• a loop having a loop end and a free end, said loop end attached to said first proximal end, said loop having a portion between said free end and said second proximal end received between said handle portions;
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• a cooperable locking means disposed in a region of said handle proximate said distal ends and distal said proximate ends, the locking means engagable with said loop in a region of said portion, wherein said cooperable locking means includes a first member connected to said first handle portion cooperating with a second member connected to said second handle portion.

A hand tool removably securable to a rotatable object comprising:

• a first handle portion having a proximal end and an opposed distal end;
• a second handle portion having a proximal end and an opposed distal end, said handle portions being movably connected at the distal ends;
• a flexible loop having a loop end and a distal free end, the loop end being connected to the first handle portion at the proximal end thereof;
• a locking means connected to the handle portions for locking said loop with respect to the handle portions;
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• an opening formed in one of the handle portions intermediate the distal ends and the locking means, the free end projecting from the tool through the opening.

Device for opening screwed lids, comprising:

• a handle having two portions displaceable relative to each other;
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• a flexible loop means to be positioned around a lid and tightened against it;
• said handle portions being interconnected so that they are moveable towards and away from each other substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the handle for tightening and loosening, respectively, of said loop around the lid;
• said loop means being arranged to pass between said handle portions, said handle portions having cooperable locking means to lock said loop means to said handle when opening said lid, wherein said loop means is fastened at its one end to one handle portion;
• said handle is elongated and said loop means is fastened to one end of the handle, said handle portions being interconnected by a hinge positioned at the handle end opposite to said end to which said loop means is fastened;
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• wherein one of the handle portions has an opening between said locking means and said hinge, said loop means projecting from a space between said handle portions through said opening.