Abstract: Bottle opener having two through-slots that allow it to be threaded onto a strap, such as the adjustment strap of a baseball cap or a strap loop on a beverage cooler. The bottle opener may include additional features, such as a retainer or magnet for a golf ball marker, another magnet to prevent a removed bottle cap from falling to the ground. A small instrument, such as a compass, a watch, or a temperature indicator, may be mounted on the bottle opener.

Abstract: An opening location marker for pop-top cans in combination with an improved opener for both pop-top cans and bottles is formed to include an elongated lever body. A lifting element is positioned on the lever body and is sized shaped to fit underneath the lift tab on a pop-top can. A dent making element comprising an elongated fulcrum element is further formed on the lever body in physical association with the lift element but spaced away from the lift element so as to form a channel between the lift element and the fulcrum element. The channel is sized and shaped such that the lift tab of the pop-top can be sheaved in the channel between the lift element and the fulcrum element for manipulation of the lift tab to open the pop-top can. The opener further includes an edge gripper located on the lever body in physical association with the elongated fulcrum element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a water filter, a water filter housing, a water filter cap, and a tool for rotating the water filter cap. Engagement of the tool and the water filter cap and subsequent rotation of the tool thereby rotates the water filter cap and water filter. The tool includes a head portion and a body portion and the head portion is an inverse surface of at least a portion of the water filter cap for mating with the water filter cap.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a cap from a bottle is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wrist band and an opening member secured to the wrist band. One embodiment of the opening member includes a central cutout portion having a first end configured to engage the top portion of a cap and a second end configured to engage the underside of the downwardly extending ridge portions of the cap. The opening member may be secured to the wrist band using a pair of attaching assemblies comprising leather or Velcro strips that are secured to the wrist band proximate first and second sides of the opening member using grommets or snap assemblies or an attaching strip that is threaded through openings proximate first and second sides of the opening member and that has first and second ends attached to corresponding first and second ends of the wrist band using grommets or snap assemblies.

Abstract: A bottle opener has a holding body that holds the top of the container. The holding body has a support that contacts the container and a gripping member opposite the support. The gripping member moves relative to the support between a released position, in which the gripping member permits the container to be released from the device, and an engaged position, in which the gripping member causes the container to be held between the gripping member and the support. The bottle opener also has an extracting element, such as a corkscrew, operably connected to the holding body which extracts the stopper from the container. The bottle opener has an integrated cutter positioned on at least one of the support and the gripping member, the cutter being adapted to cut the wrapper.

Abstract: A drinking vessel includes a tab/bottle cap/twist cap opener for aiding in the opening of a beverage can or bottle. For cans, the lip of the tab opener is slid underneath the tab to pry it upwards. A bottle cap opener pries open crown caps and a twist-top opener holds twist-top caps. The tab/bottle cap/twist cap opener can be formed integrally to a drinking vessel, on a bottom plate secured to a drinking vessel, as a stand-alone opener or as part of a novelty item such as a picture frame, coaster, or sports article such as a hockey puck or racing wheel, or a picture frame.

Abstract: The present invention is a tool for assisting users in opening pull tab cans with tear-away lids. The tool is composed of a graspable body portion, and, within the body portion, a slot for engaging a pull tab to facilitate pivotal movement of the pull tab. And, it also has two pry bars for the initial lifting of the pull tab and the initial lifting of the can lid while holding down the can.

Abstract: This invention is directed toward a container top opener with a hand gripping portion and a concave container top gripping portion. The device has a series of tapered gripping ribs which allow the device to be used on a wide range of container top sizes. The gripping ribs are directionally inclined such that the tighter a user twists the device, the more securely the gripping ribs bite into the container top and assist the user in untightening and removing the container top.

Abstract: Safety Opener is a device having a toothed opening corresponding to the ridges of a standard twist off bottle cap. To use Safety Opener, a consumer simply places a twist off bottle cap attached to a bottle underneath the toothed opening. When the bottle opener or bottle is rotated in the appropriate direction, the twist off bottle cap will loosen. It can then easily be removed by hand.

Abstract: A combination beverage holder and container opener having a tubular body that includes an open upper end sized for receipt of a beverage container, a lower end, and a wall that defines an inner receptacle and a lower inner surface for receiving the beverage container. The lower end includes an orifice designed to receive and remove a twist open bottle cap. A bottom surface of the lower end includes first and second sections. The first section includes a cavity member designed to engage and remove a conventional bottle cap from a beverage bottle. The second section includes a tab member designed to slip between the pull tab and top surface of a beverage container and releasably open the container's pull tab.

Abstract: The combination beverage holder with bottle opener is an insulated beverage holder for use with cold drinking containers, and has a substantially hollow body open at its top and a beverage support wall at its bottom. A bottle opener is attached to the bottom wall or to a rigid support attached to the bottom wall and proximate sidewalls of the beverage holder. A plurality of straps having extensions with hook and loop attachment fasteners are attached around the substantially hollow body for cinching the beverage holder snugly to the beverage container and for attaching the beverage holder to a post or other support.

Abstract: A combined function foil cutter and cork remover comprising a hollow main body member with a circular upper and circular lower open end. The main body member comprises a plurality of flexible fingers separated by longitudinal slots extending a desired distance upward from the lower open end. The interior surface of each finger comprises at least one individual elongated blade located a designated distance from the lower open end. There is a spiral corkscrew inserted longitudinally within the main body member. The corkscrew is rotatably secured with a handle located at the upper open end of the main body member. There is a collar slidably set around the main body member. When the collar is slid towards the lower open end, the collar compresses each of said fingers together to align said individual elongated blades into one continuous circular blade.

Abstract: Cork-screw with double propping lever, with an adjacent extraction cork-screw, in which the double propping lever presents a first base lever hinged which one end to the handle of the tool, and a second extension lever for the propping hinged at the end of said first base lever, whereby said second extension lever for the propping presents two propping support teeth, one support teeth at the end and one support teeth close to its articulation to the print base lever.

Abstract: A bottle cap remover includes a pair of axially nested socket sections of different diameters depending axially from a larger-diameter grasping section. Each of the socket sections includes frictional gripping members along their inner walls that are adapted to frictionally engage different sizes and types of metal and plastic bottle caps, thereby to enable the user to twist off and remove the bottle caps by applying a relatively small twisting force to the grasping section.

Abstract: A beverage container opener which includes a housing having a holding surface and a first operational part is disclosed. The operational part includes a first gripping member for engaging at least a first portion of a circumference of a bottle cap and a second gripping member for engaging a different second circumferential portion of the bottle cap. A slider is actuable by the user from at least the holding surface to effect relative movement between the first and second gripping member towards each other to engage the circumference of the bottle cap therebetween. The rotation of the housing while the first and second gripping members engage the bottle cap, thereby facilitating rotation of the bottle cap by providing greater torque forces thereon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for removing a stop from a bottle. In certain embodiments of the present invention, a stabilizer is provided to prevent the stop from being pushed into the bottle and insert members are provided for removing the stop without the outside of the stop adhering to the inner wall of the bottle. Such embodiments allow, among other things, removal of the stop from the bottle without destruction or partial destruction of the stop, as is sometimes the case with conventional corkscrews, yet without the risk of pushing the stop into the bottle as is sometimes the case with non-corkscrew bottle stop removers.

Abstract: The finger ring bottle opener includes a continuous ring band with a finger passage and a finger passage axis. A bar integral with a band palm portion extends from the band distal end and is generally parallel to the finger passage axis. A bottom surface of the bar is a cap top engaging surface. A short shank is integral with the band palm portion and extends radially outward from the band. A prong is integral with the shank and extends forward from the shank. A bottle cap skirt bottom engaging surface is on the prong. When the skirt bottom engaging surface is in engagement with a cap skirt bottom and the bar is engaging the cap top, the cap top surface is substantially parallel to the finger passage axis.

Abstract: A corkscrew comprising a body and a handle, the body including a socket adapted to receive the neck of a bottle sealed by a cork, an actuation lever, an axially rotatable worm spiral mounted on a carriage within the body and arranged to rotate and penetrate the cork as the lever is lowered, the spiral being further arranged to cease rotation as the lever is raised to withdraw the cork from the bottle, the corkscrew being further arranged to discharge the cork from the screw by lowering and raising the lever after the neck of the bottle has been removed from the socket.

Abstract: A multifunctional container opener for opening a plurality of different containers, including a body that supports a template defining one or more pockets and a pill splitting tool and one or more compartments or pockets for capturing pieces of the split pill or tablet. The body may also support a variety of tools adapted for opening a container or accessing a container's contents. Such tools include tools for piercing, scoring, cutting or prying portions of the actual container or safety seals associated with the container. The body also supports a gripping device for frictionally engaging the cap or top of a container.

Abstract: A multi-purpose opener for removing a closure from a variety of containers has a sleeve having a first end with an opening for receiving a screw cap within the sleeve. The sleeve has an internal wall with one or more projections for engaging the screw cap, and a second end with a slot having a blade for engaging a bottle cap. A handle is integral with the sleeve and extends radically there from. The distal end of the handle has a taper for engaging under the lift tab of drink can. A claw for engaging a ring pull tab of a can is integral with the sleeve and extends tangentially from the sleeve diametrically opposite the handle.

Abstract: A beverage bottle and can opener apparatus comprising an elongated body with a rear flat and raised bottle-shaped front surfaces, including a first, second and third opener devices. The first opener device having a first cavity with engagement edges for receiving a crimped-top cap of a beverage bottle therein in a force-fit arrangement. The second opener device is housed inside a longitudinal storage recess and includes a rotatable spiral corkscrew member and an elongated lever member both extending longitudinally and perpendicularly from their respective shafts and mounted for axial movement from folded to extending positions for drawing a cork from a beverage bottle. The third opener device includes a second cavity having a rectangular notch being configured to receive a tap-top tab of a beverage can therein. The flat rear surface further has a magnet rigidly mounted thereto to permit the opener apparatus to be held to a metallic surface when it is not in use.

Abstract: A can opener for a pull top-type can includes a body comprising a forward surface, a rear surface, and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is curved to define a rounded heel. The opener includes a starting notch and a finishing notch. The notches are both located along the front of the opener, and the finishing notch is spaced above the starting notch.

Abstract: A combined nutcracker and bottle opener, including an element usable for holding and cracking the hard outer shell of a nut and also for holding and twisting a cap from a bottle, and an element for prying a cap from a bottle, which can have an outer shape resembling the lower torso and legs of a human body.

Abstract: A combination money clip and bottle cap opener is provided.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a jar opener assembly including a torquing tool and a pad which are used in conjunction with each other in order to easily remove a lid from a jar by placing the pad under the jar and attaching the torquing tool so that a cavity having serrated edges abuts against the jar lid in order to apply torque thereto. The torquing tool includes a pad receiving area to which the pad is mounted when not in use.

Abstract: A multi-purpose opener for removing a closure from a variety of containers has a sleeve having a first end with an opening for receiving a screw cap within the sleeve. The sleeve has an internal wall with one or more projections for engaging the screw cap, and a second end with a slot having a blade for engaging a bottle cap. A handle is integral with the sleeve and extends radically there from. The distal end of the handle has a taper for engaging under the lift tab of drink can. A claw for engaging a ring pull tab of a can is integral with the sleeve and extends tangentially from the sleeve diametrically opposite the handle.

Abstract: A ring opener for opening tab-top cans and capped containers having a lip portion for removing a container tab when engaged with the container tab, and a tooth portion for removing a container cap from the container's mouth when applied to the container cap.

Abstract: A maraca is formed with a handle having a bottle opener therein. A transverse groove is provided in the handle which has a bottom surface, a first side surface, and second side surface. A metal tool is mounted in the handle to extend along the first side surface, and to extend from the first side surface toward the second side surface.

Abstract: The handle of a container opener has between its first and second end a pair of sidewalls. The handle has an underside with a concavity, a topside, and on the topside at the first end, a cap remover. A corkscrew and arm are each pivotally attached to the handle. The corkscrew can swing about a corkscrew axis between a deployed position and a stored position that is located between the sidewalls inside the concavity. The corkscrew in its stored position is shielded along at least most of its length. The corkscrew axis is closer to the second end than the first end. The arm can swing about an arm axis, which is closer than the corkscrew axis to the second end. The arm can operate as a fulcrum for the handle.

Abstract: A cork remover comprising a handle having first engaging means and an elongate cavity including internal screw threads along its length, and a separate corkscrew having a head fixed to its rear end and receivable by the cavity. The head has second engaging means for releasable engagement with the first engaging means against rotation of the corkscrew relative to the handle, such that the corkscrew can be turned into a cork of a wine bottle by rotating the handle. The head includes external screw threads for subsequent engagement with the screw threads of the cavity while being received by the cavity in one direction, such that upon rotation of the handle the corkscrew can be withdrawn rearwards into the cavity, thereby removing said cork from said bottle. The head is receivable by the cavity in the opposite direction, having their screw threads inter-engaged, for storing the corkscrew in the cavity.

Abstract: A cork extracting device includes a bifurcated body defining a pair of depending legs. Circumferentially spaced ribs project laterally from each leg to define guide surfaces for an extracted cork, the lower ends of the ribs defining two different-sized bottle neck seats. An oblong handle with an elastomeric covering is fixed to one end of a worm which extends through a collar in the upper end of the body and downwardly between the legs. Flexible and resilient fingers are cut from each leg and respectively carry foil cutters, the fingers being manually depressible to engage the cutters with a bottle neck foil for cutting the foil in response to rotation of the body about the bottle neck.

Abstract: A combination cork extractor and foil cutter comprising an elongated handle having first and second ends, a cork extractor being pivotably connected to the handle adjacent the first end thereof. An arcuate shaped member has first and second spaced apart accurate shaped portions positioned at the second end of the elongated handle. The first accurate shaped first portion is spring biased in a position whereby a space is formed between the first and second arcuate shaped portions. A first cutter is secured on the first arcuate shaped portion and a second cutter is secured on the second arcuate shaped portion. A protrusion is formed on the first arcuate shaped portion enabling a user to force the first and second arcuate shaped portions together thus engaging the foil wrapped around the neck of a bottle positioned therebetween.

Abstract: A corkscrew comprised of an outer tube, an inner tube, and a slide needle holder that allows safe and fast removal of a cork in a bottle with a retractable needle by rotating the inner tube to drive the slide needle holder to either extend or retreat for use or for storage with reduced length of the corkscrew; and additionally adapted with a foil cutter to facilitate the subsequent cutting of the foil that covers the opening of the bottle.

Abstract: A cap removing device for a container for easily loosening and removing caps from bottled beverages and jars. The cap removing device for a container includes a flexible member having a wall, a closed end, an open end, a cap-receiving area defined by the wall and being adapted to fit about a cap of a container; and also includes a support member being attached to the flexible member for supporting the flexible member; and further includes a magnetic member being disposed in the support member and being adapted to removably attach to an object such as a refrigerator.

Abstract: A flap pull tool used in conjunction with a separate closure in fastening containers having a pair of upper entry-exit flaps and at least one lower entry-exit flap. The closure includes an upper member, a lower member and a connector disposed between and attached to both the lower and upper member. In use the closure's connector is positioned between the container's closed upper flaps. The flap pull tool comprises an elongated arm having at one end a handle for gripping and at an opposite end a catch means for engaging a portion of the container's lower flap and lifting the lower flap against the closed upper flaps, at which point a portion of the closure's lower member is inserted beneath the lower flap. The lower flap is then released onto the lower member and the connector is moved against the edge of the lower flap, which is sufficient to fasten the container.

Abstract: A multifunctional container opener for opening a plurality of different containers, including a body that supports a template defining one or more pockets and a pill splitting tool and one or more compartments or pockets for capturing pieces of the split pill or tablet. The body may also support a variety of tools adapted for opening a container or accessing a container's contents. Such tools include tools for piercing, scoring, cutting or prying portions of the actual container or safety seals associated with the container. The body also supports a gripping device for frictionally engaging the cap or top of a container.

Abstract: A tool for opening and re-sealing containers is provided. The tool includes a body having a first end and a second end. The tool also includes a hook at the first end to engage holes in tabs of a first container to release a lid of the container. The tool further includes a splayed member at the second end having a gap to engage and re-seal the lid onto the container, a cut block to provide a fulcrum on which to leverage the body, and a leverage block to provide a fulcrum on which to leverage the body. The tool also includes a blade coupled to the body to operate in concert with the cut block to cut a lid of a second container to create tabs on the lid and a pry member mounted on the body configured to operate in concert with the leverage block to pry the tabs of the second container lids to release the lid of the second container.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable cork-screw provided with conventional spiral extraction means (1) which is hinged by means of a pin (4) to a planar part (2) constitutive of the cork screw body, in a position displaced towards one of its ends, the part being provided with two recess (5, 6) in opposite edges; one recess (5) is proximate to the articulation of the spiral (1); a second part (3) is hinged to the end of the part (2) which is closer to the pin (4); the second part (3) is formed by a first cylindrical portion (3a) which is hinged at a first end to the part (2) by means of a pin (7) and is rotationally joined by its other end to a second cylindrical portion (3a); the final section of said second portion is lowered to form a first curved portion having the shape of a tile; said first portion (3a) has a longitudinal opening which is slightly longer than the distance existing between the recess (5) and the hinge pin (7) of the second part (3).

Abstract: This container holder is a vertical structure with its lower extremity fixedly attachable to a sink drain opening, and its upper extremity capable of receiving and clamping the container whose lid is to be manipulated. At the holder bottom, parallel connected fixed and pivoting partial cylindrical sections are placed in the sink drain opening. The user rotates a cam lever to swing out the pivoting section until the holder is firmly fixed in the sink drain. The top of the holder has a platform on which the container is placed. A screw mechanism actuated by a crank handle converges two clamping jaws around the container to fix it in place. Advantages include use of minimum force for both sink attachment and container clamping, and normal sink function with the holder in place. The holder can be made of lightweight materials, is easily cleaned and rapidly deployed.

Abstract: An intelligent cork screw device which determines the temperature of the bottle and informs the consumer as to what type of wine is suitable for that temperature. In a preferred embodiment, the cork screw provides a temperature readout. Alternative embodiments include temperature gauges which are marked to indicate the wines which are appropriate for that temperature. Other alternative embodiments provide entertainment features such as voice or other audio indications related to the temperature. Still other embodiments include visual indication such as lamps which indicate what type of wine would be proper for the temperature of the bottle being measured. The cork screw can use thermal measurement of the exterior of the wine bottle, or alternatively, the actual screw which penetrates the wine cork can be used as a temperature probe.

Abstract: A combination tool includes a first tool part and a second tool part. The first tool part includes a first cylindrical member connected to a handle. The said first cylindrical member has a pair of ends, at least one of which is formed to define at least a partial socket. The handle has a longitudinal bore with an open end. The second tool part includes a first rod that is insertable in the bore of the handle.

Abstract: The instant invention includes a pair of strap devices which are utilized in combination to enable a person (especially the elderly and/or physically challenged) to open jars or similar containers with ease and simplicity. One of the strap devices is employed as a jar or container holder. The other device is used as a strap-type wrench. The holder is designed to be permanently mounted on a vertical surface. The wrench device can be utilized to remove vacuumed sealed, screw-on, crimped or pull-tab lids with relative ease.

Abstract: A cork extracting device includes a bifurcated body defining a pair of depending legs. Circumferentially spaced ribs project laterally from each leg to define guide surfaces for an extracted cork, the lower ends of the ribs defining two different-sized bottle neck seats. An oblong handle with an elastomeric covering is fixed to one end of a worm which extends through a collar in the upper end of the body and downwardly between the legs. Flexible and resilient fingers are cut from each leg and respectively carry foil cutters, the fingers being manually depressible to engage the cutters with a bottle neck foil for cutting the foil in response to rotation of the body about the bottle neck.

Abstract: A soda pop ring for kids for providing children with a novelty item. The soda pop ring for kids includes a ring member having ends and being formed in a circular loop with the ends being spaced apart and being in close proximity to one another, and also having a top and a bottom and a central portion and end portions with the central portion having a greater width than the end portions and with selected inscriptions protruding outwardly from the top of the ring member which is removeably secured to the top of a cap of a soda pop bottle.

Abstract: Improved corkscrew formed by a metal structure wherein a stop part rests on an bottle outlet, the stop part composed of two parts which are telescopically coupled and which can be locked into an extended position by means of a retaining element actuated by a flexible pusher thereby facilitating a progressive bearing position when removing a cork from said bottle.

Abstract: A combination bottle hook and bottle cap wrench device is provided for suspending a plastic beverage bottle from a nearby structure which is convenient to a person wishing to use the contents of the bottle and for providing a wrench mechanism for aiding the user to loosen the bottle cap of the beverage bottle. The device is comprised of an L-shaped piece of plastic material having first and second legs extending at substantially right angles relative to one another. One leg has an open-ended C-shaped head portion for clamping around the neck of the beverage bottle. The other leg forms a retaining member for placement behind a portion of the structure on which it is desired to hook the beverage bottle. The inner surface of the C-shaped head portion is serrated or notched for purposes of gripping the bottle cap when it is desired to loosen the bottle cap.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable cork-screw provided with a conventional spiral-shaped extraction means which is articulated to the body in a position offset towards one of its extremities, said body having a C-shaped cross-section, and having in one of its walls a circular recess with two cutting protuberances in spaced longitudinal positions, said protuberances being usable as a crown cork lifter, and presenting at said extremity which is closer to the spiral a pair of arms which are hinged to a same pin and having substantially different lengths; the two arms are provided at their respective extremities with stepped portions so that they can bear against the upper edge of the neck of the bottle; the longer arm has a wide opening traversed by the shorter arm.

Abstract: A device to automatically removed the cork (11) from a bottle (12), comprising a first screw (41) suitable to screw into the cork (11) and rotation means (38) associated with the first screw (41) to make it selectively rotate and penetrate into the cork (11), there being regulation means (33, 45, 46) associated with the first screw (41) to regulate its penetrative travel into the cork (11) according to the length of the latter, and hence the cork (11) can also be removed only partly from the bottle (12).

Abstract: A flip top can opener having a lift tab securing portion and a protruding force application member is provided. The lift tab securing portion is defined by an arcuate indentation formed at one end of the opener and having upper and lower projections and a central tab receiving region for engaging the tab mechanism of the flip top can. The force application member extends in a generally opposing direction and is spaced from the lift tab securing portion in accordance with the size of the tab mechanism, and can apply sufficient force to break open the seal of the can when the tab is engaged with the tab receiving region. The hook shaped portion and the force application member are connected to a lever arm, and the entire assembly is of unitary construction.