Receptacle Opener Or Closure Remover Patents (Class 7/151)
  • Patent number: 11940090
    Abstract: An outer base of annular form surrounds an open space. The base includes a magnet for attachment of the outer base to a rear of a smartphone. A center ring surrounds the open space. This ring has a bearing on an outside edge which rotates relative to a race on an inner edge of the base, allowing the center ring to rotate relative to the base. A pair of ears extend radially inwardly into this open space, with the ears attached either to the ring or base. The ears are sized and spaced apart an appropriate distance to allow one ear to lift a crimped edge of a bottle cap while the other ear rests upon a top of the bottle cap. A loop is pivotably attached to the center ring and provides a stand or a finger loop or allows a smartphone to be suspended from a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: E-filliate, Inc.
    Inventor: Wesley K. Sumida
  • Patent number: 11447381
    Abstract: The present invention is a bottle opener device that can be connected to an end of a handle such as a sporting equipment handle. The bottle opener device includes a sleeve having a hollow tubular shape with an open end and a closed end. The sleeve has a length and a width configured to enclose around the end of the handle. A bottle opener element is connected to the closed end of the sleeve with an opener cutout for enabling the removal of a bottle cap from a bottle. The bottle opener device also includes a magnetic element that holds on to the bottle cap against the bottle opener element after removal. A closing mechanism is integrated along a length of the sleeve which opens and closes and allows the bottle opener sleeve to be placed around the handle and tightly secure it in place by closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Kori R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11389938
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisted buckle release having an engagement portion connected to a lever arm at a midportion and a protuberance projected from a basal side of the lever arm. The midportion accommodates rotation of the lever arm within a coronal plane relative thereto as well as manual compression toward the engagement portion to move the protuberance a minimum distance sufficient to depress a release button of a buckle of a vehicular restraint with which the apparatus is engaged and actuate release of the restraints from the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Rebecca Davison, Barbara Heilman
  • Patent number: 10501299
    Abstract: A container lid rotating device for removing and attaching container lids includes a plurality of shells. The shells are resilient. Each shell has a bottom that is open and a top that is domed so that the shell is bowl-shaped. Each shell has a respective size so that the plurality of shells comprises a variety of sizes and is configured to be nested. Each shell is configured to insert a lid of a respective container through the bottom into the shell. The shell is positioned to be grasped in a hand of a user to rotate the shell and the lid relative to the respective container to selectively open and close the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Kay Valentine
  • Patent number: 9873188
    Abstract: A pliers for a loop clamp is provided, including a grip assembly, a displacement mechanism and a clamping assembly. The grip assembly has two handle members which are pivotally assembled with each other. The displacement mechanism is movably connected to the grip assembly, and the displacement mechanism can be actuated by the grip assembly. The clamping assembly has two clamping portions for clamping two ends of a loop clamp, the two clamping portions are connected with the grip assembly, and at least one of the two clamping portions is movably connected to the grip assembly and can be actuated by the displacement mechanism to change a distance between the two clamping portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Joinwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiao-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9596926
    Abstract: A clip for mounting devices on a hat brim includes a first and second panel. The panels are each resiliently connected to a nose portion and separated by a spacing that tapers to a contact point from the distal portions of the panels to their proximal portions. The second panel has a wedge-shaped portion in which the width of the panel increases from its distal end to its proximal end. The bottom surface of the first panel is concave, the preferable concavity being close to that of the curvature of a hat brim. The top surface of the second panel is convex. The preferable convexity is close to that of the curvature of the brim. The top surface of the second panel includes a channel adapted to receive the fabric border of the undersurface of a hat brim. The top surface of the first panel includes at its proximal end structure adapted to receive an accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Volmer Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason R. Volmer
  • Patent number: 9242841
    Abstract: A main body portion has a major section and a minor section integrally molded of an elastomeric material. The major section has a central aperture with an interior surface in a frusto-conical configuration. The minor section extends laterally from the major section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventors: Linda D. Appleby, Emma Louise Faasse
  • Patent number: 9016170
    Abstract: A combination five gallon bucket opener, includes a handle portion and a head portion, a first opener feature located in the head portion, the first opener feature having a plurality of engaging members and a bearing surface, at least one of the engaging members configured to receive a tab of a lid, at least one of the engaging members configured to engage a top surface of the lid, and a second opener feature located in the head portion, the second opener feature having at least one extended member configured to receive a cap, the at least one extended member having at least one feature defined therein to engage a corresponding feature on the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Homer TLC, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20150093480
    Abstract: A barbecue utensil having a hollow cylindrical handle with a plunger access opening along the back side of the handle; food handling means removably attachable by an adapter to the bottom end of the handle; and a fluid syringe having a plunger at a top end and a fluid outlet at a bottom end, the syringe reversibly insertable into the bottom end of the handle, wherein the fluid outlet is reversibly connectable to the top end of the food handling means, which may be a fork, basting brush or spatula, for discharge of a fluid seasoning from a syringe into or onto a food item. A food thermometer or grill cleaning brush may also be attached to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Troy Biever
  • Patent number: 8950030
    Abstract: A combination handle clamp, beverage bottle and can opener having a generally curved shaped body and integral attachment point to allow connection to other personal item such as a key ring. A secondary and tertiary integral curved section form a pair of loading points for fixing open a handle-trigger assembly and incorporate a gripping edge to facilitate opening a crimped or vacuum sealed bottle top. The tertiary curved section additionally functions as a second clamp position for the larger handles and also doubles as a pry mechanism to assist opening a pop-top can. The said gripping edge of the invention which contacts with said bottle top to be constructed of a durable material that won't abrade from its intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Robert M. Kristiansen, Michael Tornabe
  • Patent number: 8938833
    Abstract: A cutlery kit configured from a laminar sheet which manifests its previous use through the detachment of its parts. The kit is comprised of two or more daily, known utensils selected from a spoon, a fork and a knife, which are jointly located in a single plane and are separated by thin, continuous dotted or cut lines. The utensils fit into each other in a complementary form, counter-form way and remain joined together by the presence of continuities in the surface where these continuities interrupt the dotted lines. Each of these cutlery utensils is detached from the others through breaking, done by the user, of these continuities on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventors: José Manuel Allard Serrano, Alberto Alejandro González Ramos
  • Patent number: 8925423
    Abstract: A retractable bottle opener with a wearable wrist band coupled to a wrist-arm area of a user, a first end positioned proximal to the wrist area of the user, and a second end positioned on a forearm of the user, and a bottle opener coupled to the wearable wrist band. The opener has a first end, a second end, an opener length separating the first and second ends of the bottle opener, a working surface shaped to engage with a bottle, and a handle portion. Further, the retractable bottle has a storage position along an opener translation path with both the working surface and the handle portion disposed at least one of along the forearm of the user and proximal to the wrist area of the user and an operational position along the opener translation path with both the working surface and the handle portion disposed in a user's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bottle Ops
    Inventor: Anthony John Rotolo
  • Publication number: 20140237730
    Abstract: A pharmacist's spatula, or pill tray spatula, is provided for assisting in sorting and counting of pills and capsules comprising generally flat stainless steel blades extending from opposing ends of a generally bi-conic handle. The first blade has a straight portion less than or equal in length to a width or length of a pill counting tray, a curved portion between the straight portion and the handle and a curved and angled tip at the distal end of the first edge of the first blade. The second edge of the first blade has a notched hook, a fulcrum, and a bottle opener. The second blade is short and has the shape of a flat truncated arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: David L. Doretti
  • Publication number: 20140173831
    Abstract: A combination handle clamp, beverage bottle and can opener having a generally curved shaped body and integral attachment point to allow connection to other personal item such as a key ring. A secondary and tertiary integral curved section form a pair of loading points for fixing open a handle-trigger assembly and incorporate a gripping edge to facilitate opening a crimped or vacuum sealed bottle top. The tertiary curved section additionally functions as a second clamp position for the larger handles and also doubles as a pry mechanism to assist opening a pop-top can. The said gripping edge of the invention which contacts with said bottle top to be constructed of a durable material that won't abrade from its intended use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Kristiansen, Michael Tornabe
  • Publication number: 20140143958
    Abstract: Disclosed are compact and portable devices comprising a combination of tools and that are shaped to facilitate being conveniently carried by a user in an unobtrusive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Caffeinate Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan G. Barr
  • Publication number: 20140075681
    Abstract: A pencil-sharpener tool for carpenter pencils includes a housing, a pencil-tip-insertion hole, and a hex-bit-drive hole. The pencil-tip-insertion hole may configured in to receive a portion of a carpenter pencil. The hex-bit-drive hole may extend at least partially through the housing opposite the pencil-tip-insertion hole. The hex-bit-drive hole may also be in axial alignment with the pencil-tip-insertion hole and the central axis of the housing. The housing, the pencil-tip insertion hole, and the hex-bit-drive hole may be in fixed relation to each other, and may move in unison when the hex bit is inserted inside the hex-bit-drive hole and rotates clockwise or counterclockwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Walter Hammer
  • Patent number: 8671802
    Abstract: A movable outer cylindrical member and a movable inner cylindrical member are arranged vertically movably in a lower half of a cylindrical main body. By placing the movable inner cylindrical member on a bottle mouth and pushing down the cylindrical main body, a lower end of a hooking member is engaged with a lower end of the crown cap to pry the crown cap away. At the same time, the movable outer cylindrical member is moved up and a piston inside a cylinder arranged in an upper half of the cylindrical main body is moved up with the movable outer cylindrical member, so that the air in the cylinder is compressed, and a cover member is brought out in by the compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Chikamitsu Takagi
  • Publication number: 20140059782
    Abstract: Provided herein is a multipurpose tool configured to provide multiple tools and functions for a user according to a specific activity or sport. Embodiments may provide a tool including a frame configured to define a plurality of tools disposed about a perimeter, where the frame defines at least one recess disposed about the perimeter, where at least one recess is configured to hold an earbud headphone. The frame of the tool may define a cavity at least partially surrounded by the perimeter, where the cavity may be configured to removably engage a separable and independently operable device. The cavity may be configured to removably receive a multipurpose tool. The tool may further include a gate biased into engagement with the frame, where the cavity is fully encircled by the frame and the gate, and access to the cavity through the frame is provided by opening the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Duncan, Blair Scott Barnes
  • Patent number: 8646138
    Abstract: A utility bar includes a shank portion for providing a grip, the shank portion including a first end and a second end, a substantially arch-shaped head portion extending from the first end of the shank portion, and a pry bar portion extending from the second end of the shank portion. Each of the head portion and the pry bar portion define a free end of the utility bar. The utility bar also includes a first facet including the free end of the head portion, a second facet extending from the first facet at an angle with respect to the first facet and positioned between the free end of the head portion and the shank portion, and a first fulcrum edge between the first and second facets for providing a first pivot point about which the utility bar is pivoted to provide leverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Allen, Mark R. Martinez, Timothy Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20140000042
    Abstract: A combination handle clamp, beverage bottle and can opener having a generally curved shaped body and integral attachment point to allow connection to other personal item such as a key ring. A secondary and tertiary integral curved section form a pair of loading points for fixing open a handle-trigger assembly and incorporate a gripping edge to facilitate opening a crimped or vacuum sealed bottle top. The tertiary curved section additionally functions as a second clamp position for the larger handles and also doubles as a pry mechanism to assist opening a pop-top can. The said gripping edge of the invention which contacts with said bottle top to be constructed of a durable material that won't abrade from its intended use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Robert M. Kristiansen
  • Patent number: 8616090
    Abstract: A seal breaker to break the seal of a container includes the container cap having either one or more slots with an adjacent rigid portion capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Ferraro
  • Patent number: 8595874
    Abstract: A combined oxygen tank key, glass breaker and bottle opener includes an elongated handle portion defining a first plane and having first and second ends that define the length thereof and first and second side edges that define the width thereof. A socket is integrally formed within the handle portion and is adapted to fit onto the rectangularly shaped end of an oxygen tank valve control stem. A hardened point is formed at the first end of the handle portion and is capable of breaking vehicle glass. A bottle opener is carried by the first side edge of the handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Joshua Knapp
  • Patent number: 8544128
    Abstract: A hand-held tool for individuals who have diminished use of their hands or reduced gripping strength due to infirmity or medical condition that provides a number of shaped spaces for seating and manipulation of various items that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to manipulate. Among the multiple shaped spaces is a space for a writing instrument and a space for an eating utensil enabling a user to write and eat without for example, directly gripping a pencil or a fork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventors: Ronald W. Jones, James L. Ford
  • Publication number: 20130227794
    Abstract: A hand tool including a handle with a containing chamber, and a can opener that can be rotatably received in the containing chamber or unfolded connected pivotally to an end of the handle, and the can opener is made of metal material and used to open a paint can lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventor: Weiyi Wang
  • Patent number: 8484785
    Abstract: A combination handle clamp, beverage bottle and can opener having a generally curved shaped body and integral attachment point to allow connection to other personal item such as a key ring. A secondary and tertiary integral curved section form a pair of loading points for fixing open a handle-trigger assembly and incorporate a gripping edge to facilitate opening a crimped or vacuum sealed bottle top. The tertiary curved section additionally functions as a second clamp position for the larger handles and also doubles as a pry mechanism to assist opening a pop-top can. The said gripping edge of the invention which contacts with said bottle top to be constructed of a durable material that won't abrade from its intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert M. Kristiansen, Michael Tornabe
  • Publication number: 20130139326
    Abstract: A utility bar includes a shank portion for providing a grip, the shank portion including a first end and a second end, a substantially arch-shaped head portion extending from the first end of the shank portion, and a pry bar portion extending from the second end of the shank portion. Each of the head portion and the pry bar portion define a free end of the utility bar. The utility bar also includes a first facet including the free end of the head portion, a second facet extending from the first facet at an angle with respect to the first facet and positioned between the free end of the head portion and the shank portion, and a first fulcrum edge between the first and second facets for providing a first pivot point about which the utility bar is pivoted to provide leverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
  • Patent number: 8438951
    Abstract: A pill bottle opener including a base, a utility ring, and a cap. The utility ring includes two tabs positioned in its inner portion. The cap has a hollow, cylindrical body open on one end and has a dome-shaped top on its other end. The utility ring and cap may be interlocked by a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Patrick A. McCabe, Mark Jeffrey Hornick, Eliot Thomas Dill, Michael Wood, Dean A. Collura
  • Patent number: 8393596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool (1) for forcing a door comprising:—an elongated shaft (2); and—a head (5) fixed to the shaft (2) at the front end thereof, the head (5) having a base part (6) provided with a striking surface (7) on a first side for receiving impacts from a striking tool and a wedge part (8) extending from the base part on the opposite side thereof essentially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The wedge part comprises a top surface, a bottom surface and two side walls extending between the top surface and the bottom surface on opposite sides of the wedge part. Each one of the side walls is provided with cutting edges (44) extending in parallel to each other or at least essentially in parallel to each other between the bottom surface and the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Gränsfors Smide i Gnarp AB
    Inventor: Peter Lindskog
  • Patent number: 8365332
    Abstract: A utility bar includes a shank portion for providing a grip, the shank portion including a first end and a second end, a substantially arch-shaped head portion extending from the first end of the shank portion, and a pry bar portion extending from the second end of the shank portion. Each of the head portion and the pry bar portion define a free end of the utility bar. The utility bar also includes a first facet including the free end of the head portion, a second facet extending from the first facet at an angle with respect to the first facet and positioned between the free end of the head portion and the shank portion, and a first fulcrum edge between the first and second facets for providing a first pivot point about which the utility bar is pivoted to provide leverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Allen, Mark R. Martinez, Timothy Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20130025071
    Abstract: A multipurpose hand held tool includes a handle and one or more tools. The multipurpose tool may include an inletted recess defined in the handle, and an accessory tool retained within the inletted recess. The multipurpose tool also may include a rotatable tool and a locking mechanism for locking the rotatable tool in multiple positions. The multipurpose tool further may include a compact spanner wrench rotatably connected to the handle. The multipurpose tool may include a knife assembly detachably connected to the handle. The multipurpose tool also may include a ratcheting bit driver located within the handle. The multipurpose tool further may include a multi-layered plier head. The multipurpose may include a hybrid bearing system. The multipurpose tool also may include a flashlight detachably coupled to the handle. In this manner, the multipurpose tool may incorporate multiple tools and accessories for completing various tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MULTITASKER TOOLS LLC
    Inventor: Shane Keng
  • Patent number: 8281437
    Abstract: A multi-purpose tool includes a tool handle and any combination of a bottle opener, a corkscrew, a zester, a lemon/lime peeler, a cutting blade and a wine bottle opener provided on the tool handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Peter Hunkele
  • Publication number: 20120241455
    Abstract: A container containing a substance includes a preformed deformable body defining a filling cavity. The container body has an opening and an integral planar circumferential rim surrounding the opening, which opening is closed by a cover sheet which is sealed to the circumferential rim by means of a circumferential sealing seam. The circumferential rim has a dispensing part which is covered by the cover sheet. The cover sheet is sealed to an upper surface of the dispensing part by at least one rupturable sealing seam and outlet seams defining an outlet passage from the rupturable sealing seam towards the edge of the dispensing part of the circumferential rim, such that, when the rupturable sealing seam is broken, the substance is allowed to flow through the outlet passage between the surface of the dispensing part and the cover sheet towards the edge of the dispensing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: MDS GLOBAL HOLDING LTD.
    Inventors: Michiel Olivier Schölvinck, Robert Willemsen, Sebastiaan Willem Hekkenberg, Roeland Petrus Maria van Oirschot, Edouard Sterngold
  • Publication number: 20120110746
    Abstract: A cutlery kit configured from a laminar sheet which manifests its previous use through the detachment of its parts. The kit is comprised of two or more daily, known utensils selected from a spoon, a fork and a knife, which are jointly located in a single plane and are separated by thin, continuous dotted or cut lines. The utensils fit into each other in a complementary form, counter-form way and remain joined together by the presence of continuities in the surface where these continuities interrupt the dotted lines. Each of these cutlery utensils is detached from the others through breaking, done by the user, of these continuities on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: José Manuel Allard Serrano, Alberto Alejandro González Ramos
  • Publication number: 20110314615
    Abstract: A multi-functional hand tool includes a nail pulling hole formed at the front end of an extension portion of a handle of the hand tool and/or a bottle opening hole formed at the other end of the extension portion of the handle. The nail pulling hole may be in the form of water drop. Thus, the hand tool is provided with a single or dual additional function of pulling out nails and opening bottle caps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Yung-Shou Chen
  • Publication number: 20110179545
    Abstract: The invention provides a garment that incorporates a bottle opener permanently attached at a convenient place on the garment so that the wearer can carry the opener on his person and utilize it when desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Jason Victor Rummel
  • Patent number: 7779730
    Abstract: A multi-function hand-operated tool that is compact in size and of light weight so as to be carried and used to perform a variety of different jobs by carpenters, painters, do-it-yourselfers, and the like. The tool includes a nail set to transmit a driving force to the head of a nail to cause the nail to be countersunk in a work surface. An open mouth which is sized to receive the cap on a bottle cooperates with a lip that applies a rotational force to remove the cap from the bottle. A nail extractor having a cavity in which to surround and capture the head of a nail transmits a pulling force to the nail head to cause the nail to be removed from a work surface. A channel having a flush-mounted magnet carries a nail to be positioned in upstanding alignment against a work surface so that the nail can be driven therein. A pair of spaced, outwardly projecting teeth are located between a lid and a can to pry the lid off the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: Grant Jones
  • Publication number: 20100186174
    Abstract: A multi-function tool having a handle portion and a plurality of structures operable therewith for the performance of a plurality of functions. The multi-function tool allows fast and convenient transition between any of the plurality of functions in order to enable completion of jobs or tasks requiring such functions without acquisition, storage, and/or maintenance of a plurality of specialized tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Jared Hanlon
  • Patent number: 7748293
    Abstract: A container opener that is used by a user to remove a cap of a bottle or container such as, but not limited to, a medicine bottle or container that includes a childproof cap. The container opener includes a cavity that is designed to at least partially receive the cap of a bottle or container. The cavity can include one or more gripping elements designed to engage the cap when inserted in the cavity. The cavity can be designed to receive a plurality of different sized caps. The container can include a magnifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Peter Elwell
  • Publication number: 20100113188
    Abstract: The present invention is a golf ball support and height adjustment device. Embodiments can include a divot repair tool, a golf ball cleaner, a ball marker, a bottle opener and can include a tapered end that can be used as a golf club groove cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Lance Lee Prickett
  • Publication number: 20100113175
    Abstract: A multi purpose golf tool adapted for repair for pitch mark type depressions in turf of a golf course. The tool employs an angled engagement of a handle and forks to a body to obtain mechanical advantage for forcing turf upward to repair turf depressions. A bottle opener and pop top opener are also provided. The device is also adapted to hold a cigar and to maintain a club shaft in an elevated position above the turf using an arched engagement of a handle end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Ryan Douglas Gill
  • Patent number: 7673357
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening bottles and storing data has an enclosure formed from a pair of semi-enclosed casings that includes a gripping member having a pair of tabs for grasping and removing caps from bottles. The enclosure provides a protective shell for a portable data storage device that may be pivoted outwardly from within the enclosure when the device is in use. The data storage device includes a universal serial bus plug and can be used with any electronic device having a universal serial bus port, such as a desktop computer, notebook computer, communications device, and the like. The apparatus may be carried separately or can be attached to another carrying device or hung on a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventors: John R. Stump, Eric Oconnor, Jeff D. Behl
  • Patent number: 7658130
    Abstract: A golf club suitable for use in driving or putting a golf ball comprising a club head attached to a shaft includes a bottle cap removal structure in a rear surface of the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Inventor: Paul Porteous
  • Publication number: 20090277306
    Abstract: A container opener that is used by a user to remove a cap of a bottle or container such as, but not limited to, a medicine bottle or container that includes a childproof cap. The container opener includes a cavity that is designed to at least partially receive the cap of a bottle or container. The cavity can include one or more gripping elements designed to engage the cap when inserted in the cavity. The cavity can be designed to receive a plurality of different sized caps. The container can include a magnifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: MICHAEL PETER ELWELL
  • Patent number: 7614321
    Abstract: A maraca is provided with a handle having a first end and a second end, the second end being coupleable to the maraca. A tool configured to engage a bottle cap may be mounted in the handle. The handle further includes a part configured for engaging an opener or a tab of a can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventor: Wayne Cohen
  • Patent number: 7568250
    Abstract: A single piece clip has two arms that together hold a lighter, and one arm serves as a bottle opener. The inside arm is parallel and spaced apart from the outside arm and both arms join at a common shoulder. The inside arm widens down from the shoulder into a loop bottle opener while the outside arm extends away from the shoulder into a pointed tongue with a loop for a key ring. The outside arm has a pair of flanking flanges spaced apart to receive a disposable lighter. The shoulder and spaced apart arms allows the clip to fit upon a belt with the outside arm outward and the inside arm between the belt and the trousers. The clip has a compact form that fits comfortably upon a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel R. Menard-Flanagan
  • Publication number: 20090114065
    Abstract: An article for enabling disconnection of a closure from a container, and the output of sound thereupon. The article includes a closure capture enabling element, for enabling capture of the closure, and a handle, connected to the closure capture enabling element, for enabling movement of the closure capture enabling element for capture, disconnection, and removal of the closure thereby relative to the container. It also includes a sound outputting circuit, for enabling sound to be outputted upon capture and movement of the closure in a direction for enabling disconnection of the closure from the container, and a sound outputting actuation enabling element, for enabling actuation of the sound outputting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: RANDOLPH BORENE, HOWARD I. FINELT
  • Patent number: 7494239
    Abstract: An attachment for cell phones contains a light and bottle opener. The attachment may be affixed to or be removably attached to the back of a cell phone and/or to a cell phone case. If removable, the structure attaches to the back of a cell phone or case via VELCRO® fastening. The removable light may be held in place by the bottle opener and/or by walls formed on the plate. In another embodiment, the bottle opener also serves as a spring loaded belt clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Riccardi
  • Publication number: 20090025513
    Abstract: A container opener providing a plurality of elements for opening various containers is disclosed. The opener is lightweight and has a one-piece construction that typically fits in a user's hand and pocket. The opener includes a handle portion, a mid-portion for containing a first element for opening containers, a distal end containing a second opening element and a third element placed on one side of the elongated opener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Larry Salvino
  • Publication number: 20090008614
    Abstract: A multi-function tool having a handle portion and a plurality of structures operable therewith for the performance of a plurality of functions. The multi-function tool allows fast and convenient transition between any of the plurality of functions in order to enable completion of jobs or tasks requiring such functions without acquisition, storage, and/or maintenance of a plurality of specialized tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Pull 'R Holding Company
    Inventors: Robert Adams, Jared Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20080307584
    Abstract: A multi-function hand-operated tool that is compact in size and of light weight so as to be carried and used to perform a variety of different jobs by carpenters, painters, do-it-yourselfers, and the like. The tool includes a nail set to transmit a driving force to the head of a nail to cause the nail to be countersunk in a work surface. An open mouth which is sized to receive the cap on a bottle cooperates with a lip that applies a rotational force to remove the cap from the bottle. A nail extractor having a cavity in which to surround and capture the head of a nail transmits a pulling force to the nail head to cause the nail to be removed from a work surface. A channel having a flush-mounted magnet carries a nail to be positioned in upstanding alignment against a work surface so that the nail can be driven therein. A pair of spaced, outwardly projecting teeth are located between a lid and a can to pry the lid off the can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Grant Jones