Patents by Inventor Kyle Pritchard

Kyle Pritchard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aluminum can puncturing device
    Patent number: 8387264
    Abstract: The aluminum can puncturing device is a hand-held device that resembles a shot gun shell and of which is capable of puncturing an air vent into a side of an aluminum can in order to “shotgun” a beer. The aluminum can puncturing device includes a spring-loaded pin that retracts within a shotgun shell. The aluminum can puncturing device is placed onto an outer surface of an aluminum can and pushed thereon in order to extend the pin out from under the shotgun shell in order to pierce a vent hole into the aluminum can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventor: Kyle Pritchard