Abstract: A combination pop-top can and bottle opener having an elongated lever body, a lifting element positioned on the lever body and sized and shaped to fit underneath a lift tab on a pop-top can, a fulcrum element formed on the lever body in physical association with the lift element but spaced away from the lift element to form a pop-top tab sheaving channel between the lift element and the fulcrum element, is improved by including an improved bottle cap edge gripper on the lever body. The edge gripper is formed to include one or both of a concave edge or a tongue. The tongue is tilted out of the plane of the remainder of the edge gripper. Further, opposing detents are formed on the gripper member to facilitate attachment of the gripper member to the lever body.

Abstract: An 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 and shaped to fit underneath the lift tab on a pop-top can. A 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 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 a bottle cap edge gripper located on the lever body in physical association with the fulcrum element. For removing bottle caps from capped bottles, the bottle cap edge gripper is independently formed and then positioned on the opener such that it engages the edge of the bottle cap when the fulcrum element is positioned in the center of the bottle cap.