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US 9,434,589 B1Granted
Paint can lip remover
OwnerRobert T. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A paint can lip remover comprises a base, having a generally disc-like configuration, an upright member being coupled to the base, and a handle having a holding end and a working end having a pry hook.
Claims7
A paint can lip remover comprising, in combination:
- a base having a generally disc-like configuration having an upper surface and a lower surface with a thickness there between;
- an upright member being coupled to the base;
- a handle having a holding end with a first thickness;
- the upright member having a generally elongated inverted U shaped configuration with a left leg and a right leg and a crossover top piece;
- a working end of the handle having an end portion and a connecting portion;
- the handle having a length between the holding end and the working end, the handle having a left surface and a right surface with a thickness there between, the handle working end having the first thickness and a second thickness with a step there between;
- the connecting portion of the working end of the handle being continuous with the length of the handle;
- the base having a pair of slots there through;
- the upright member left leg and the upright member right leg and upright member cross over top piece each having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- the upright member having a first distance between the outer surface of the left leg and the outer surface of the right leg;
- a thickness of the handle forming a peripheral edge of the handle;
- the upright member having a first width;
- the length of the handle having a pair of holed slots there through;
- the upright member having a lower open end and a closed upper end with a second length there between;
- the connecting portion of the working end of the handle having a pair of angled recesses therein;
- the base slots having a first length;
- the upright member open lower end having a pair of end tabs, the end tabs having a second width;
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- the recesses in the connecting portion of the working end of the handle being formed in the peripheral edge of the handle connecting portion with the angle of the angled recesses being toward the holding end of the handle.
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