Can puncturing tool or similar article

- The Dow Chemical Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a can puncturing tool or similar article, showing our new design; and

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of our design of FIG. 1 showing a modification of the upstanding arm portions and the prong portion thereof.

The characteristic features of our design reside in a can puncturing tool comprising a generally U-shaped bent strip of sheet metal providing a substantially flat base portion and an upstanding arm portion at each end thereof and at one edge of the base portion substantially midway between the ends thereof an upstanding sharp pointed prong formed thereof the base portion and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the arm portions.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D153396 April 1949 Roytek
D211483 June 1968 Terwilliger
952170 March 1910 Zeese
1709736 April 1929 Patermann
2489677 November 1949 Robinson
2546467 March 1951 McBride
2613435 October 1952 Story
2621549 December 1952 Rocereta
Patent History
Patent number: D247213
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 15, 1975
Date of Patent: Feb 14, 1978
Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI)
Inventors: Alfred Nilsen (Midland, MI), James S. Calkins (Midland, MI)
Primary Examiner: Winifred E. Herrmann
Attorney: Merton B. Lilly
Application Number: 5/605,116
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/18
International Classification: D0799;