Opener for plastic bottle twist caps
OwnerRoger F. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A device for enabling the unscrewing of a cap from a bottle or jar is disclosed. The device is in the form of a somewhat elongated body in which a releasably engageable cam member and a torsion spring are located. The body is arranged to be grasped by a user of the device. The body includes a pair of cavities, each arranged for receipt of a cap of a bottle or jar therein. The cam member has a pair of ridged or serrated surfaces which are normally biased into the cavities by the spring to releasably engage a portion of the periphery of a cap disposed within either cavity.
Claims8
A device for enabling the unscrewing of a cap from a bottle or jar, said device comprising a body, a releasably engageable member and a biasing member, said body comprising a pair of cavities, each of said cavities being arranged for receipt of a cap of a bottle or jar therein, said body being arranged to be grasped by a user of the device, said releasably engageable member having a pair of engagement surfaces, said biasing member being arranged to bias one of said engagement surfaces into one of said cavities to releasably engage a portion of the periphery of a cap disposed within said one of said cavities, said biasing member also being arranged to bias the other of said engagement surfaces into the other of said cavities to releasably engage a portion of the periphery of a cap disposed within said other of said cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.