Combination pipe cutter and can lid opener and method of use thereof
OwnerTimothy Bellinventor
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Abstract
A combination pipe cutter and can lid opener comprising a means for cutting and a means for opening a can having a lid. The combination pipe cutter and can lid opener comprises two handles, one having a holder to hold a pipe and the other having a blade, wherein the blade is utilized to cut the pipe in the holder. The insides of the handles comprise semicircular openings having gripping teeth for opening the lid of a container. To open the lid of the container, the semicircular cutouts of the first handle and second handle are positioned around the perimeter of the lid, wherein the gripping teeth cooperatively engage the lid thereby opening the container by turning the combination pipe cutter and can lid opener.
Claims10
A combination cutter and can lid opener comprising:
- two handles, wherein said two handles each comprises a front, back, and inside, and wherein said insides comprise semicircular openings, and wherein said semicircular openings comprise gripping teeth, and wherein said semicircular openings extend continuously through said insides from said front to said back, and wherein said gripping teeth are disposed extending from said front of said handles partially to said back of said handles;
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- a means for cutting disposed at a top portion of said two handles, wherein said means for cutting comprises a blade, and wherein one of said two handles further comprises a top, and wherein said top comprises a holder and a blade gap receive said blade, and wherein said blade passes through an object into said blade gap thereby cutting through the object held in said holder.
A method of using a tool, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining said tool, wherein said tool comprises a combination pipe cutter and can lid opener having a blade and two handles, and wherein said blade is disposed at a top portion of one of said two handles, and wherein said two handles each comprises a front, back, outside and inside, and wherein said insides comprise semicircular openings disposed on a bottom portion of each of said two handles, and wherein said semicircular openings comprise gripping teeth, and wherein said semicircular openings extend continuously through said insides from said front to said back, and wherein said gripping teeth are disposed extending from said front of said handles partially to said back of said handles, and wherein the other of said two handles comprises a pipe holder and a blade gap disposed at a top portion of said other of said two handles to receive said blade;
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- performing an operation with said tool, wherein said operation is selected from the group consisting of cutting the object with said blade and opening a container with said gripping teeth.
A combination apparatus for cutting and opening an object, said combination apparatus comprising a blade and two handles, wherein said blade is disposed at a top portion of one of said two handles, and wherein said two handles each comprises a front, back, inside and outside, and wherein said insides each comprise semicircular openings disposed on lower portions of said two handles, and wherein said semicircular openings extend continuously through said insides from said front to said back, and wherein said semicircular openings comprise gripping teeth, and wherein gripping teeth are disposed extending from said front of said handles partially to said back of said handles, and wherein the other of said two handles comprises a pipe holder and a blade gap disposed at a top portion of said other of said two handles to receive said blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.