Abstract: A utensil is adapted to be held by a user and manipulated by the user's hand to operate on a workpiece. One feature of the utensil enables the user to gain mechanical advantage when locking and unlocking key-operated locking mechanisms by displacing a key from its stowed state to its extended state. Other features include a letter opener, a cap remover, and an abrasive element.

Abstract: A multipurpose kitchen tool includes a housing having an upper end, a lower end, a front edge, a rear edge, and two side walls. The upper end has an opening formed in a central portion thereof extending into a channel through the housing. One of the two side walls has a hexagonal opening formed therein extending into the channel. A thermostat has an elongated shaft slidably received within the channel of the housing through the opening in the upper end thereof.

Abstract: A container opening tool having a wrench end portion with at least one central opening therethrough and with each such opening having teeth spaced around the interior of the opening; a puncture and cut end portion and a handle interconnecting the wrench end and the puncture and cut end portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for opening a wine bottle includes a cork seal remover assembly, comprising a housing having a cavity therein, the cavity including opposed side walls that taper downwardly to a bottom opening and converge rearwardly toward a rear wall. A blade assembly is received within the cavity, the blade assembly including a pair of spring arms disposed to impinge resiliently on the side walls of the cavity. The spring arms include arcuate blades in confronting relationship to define a gap therebetween. A bottle neck is inserted between the blades and urged rearwardly, causing the spring arms to converge and the blades to impinge on the seal, severing the end of the seal. The cork remover portion of the invention includes a corkscrew blade disposed coaxially within a tubular housing. The corkscrew blade is operated by a reversible motor, and a sensor within the inner end of the tubular housing is connected to reverse the rotation of the motor and blade.

Abstract: Corkscrew (10) with a fitting (16) to shear tinfoil, plastic or other caps (17) on the upper part of the neck (18) of bottles (14) possibly including a collar, the corkscrew (10) comprising an at least partly flat grip (11) having a possible zone to contain a drawing screw (12), an element to anchor the drawing screw (12) and a short supporting element (13), cutting fitting (16) being included and consisting of small shearing wheel (22) cooperating with recess (19), which are substantially coherent with the outer diameter of the neck (18) of the bottle (14) and are associated with positioning and guide members (19-20-30-23) cooperating with the upper part of the neck (18) of the bottle (14).

Abstract: A bag opening and resealing device is formed of a longitudinally elongated body member having a longitudinally extending bag-receiving slot that extends from one end of the body, where the slot is flared to facilitate entry of a bag to be cut, and terminates inwardly of the opposite end of the body. Perpendicular to the slot, the body is provided with a guide slot which terminates inwardly of the opposite ends of the body and extends transversely through the body, and a knife holder is received slidably in the guide slot and mounts a knife blade in position to intercept the bag-receiving slot, wherein, with a bag contained in the bag-receiving slot, movement of the knife holder along its guide slot effects cutting of the bag.

Abstract: A device for removing a child resistant closure from a container, including a tab to receive the protrusion of a closure of the line-up-the-arrows type, a recess to receive the closure adjacent the tab, an inclined side of the recess to bear against the closure and maintain the tab in engagement with the protrusion, and an end of the device opposite the tab to receive a force. The recess is such that it can accept varying sizes of closures. Applying a force to the forcereceiving end in the downward direction levers the tab upward to pry the closure off the container. The tab is positioned on the device in such a way that the user can readily see the engagement of the tab with the closure protrusion.

Abstract: A new and improved tool for rapidly removing sealed covers from large paint buckets, oil buckets, and the like and comprising a handle having a hammer member affixed to one end thereof and a hook member extending away from the handle at a predetermined angle. The hook member has a slot therein defining a pair of hook ends, and a cutting blade member is located in the slot and is joined to the hook member. The blade member has a cutting edge of the same general contour as that of the pair of hook ends, and the blade member is thus partially protected from exposure to users during both transport and operation. A first upward torquing motion of the tool member is used to pull the cutting edge of the blade through slots or grooves in the edge of the lid being removed, whereas a second upward torquing motion of the tool is made after the lid edge has been inserted between the end of the cutting blade and a pair of hook ends located on each side thereof.

Abstract: A lid prying tool is disclosed having a handle at one end, a hook at the other end, and a first fulcrum located in between. The tool further includes a knife edge, and a second fulcrum located between the handle and the knife edge. In one embodiment of the invention, the first fulcrum and the associated hook are located on the opposite side of the tool from the second fulcrum and the associated knife blade. In this manner the tool is reversible to accomplish both cutting and prying actions on opposite sides of the tool.

Abstract: A universal multi-function tool in the form of a painter's knife is provided in which the tool includes a slender pivoted, elongated element with a sharp tip for puncturing caulking tubes and an integral pusher bar specially adapted for contacting glazing points to serve as a glazing point setter for forcing the toothed portions of the glazing point into corresponding window and door frames. The tool is also provided with a paint can opener and both phillips head and flat head screwdrivers to permit storm window screw removal as well as light fixture plate removal. A knife is also provided for removal of the caulking tube tip, thereby eliminating the necessity of a razor knife, although a detachable razorblade holder is provided as an optional feature for cleaning windows. All of the tool elements are pivoted at respective ends of the tool, with the subject painter's knife providing no sharp objects protruding into the painter or his pocket.

Abstract: A cutting squeezer tool is provided for a condiment foil pouch which consists of an elongated flat handle so that a person using the tool can grip the handle and a mechanism on the end of the handle for cutting the edge of the condiment foil pouch and for squeezing the contents out of the condiment foil pouch.

Abstract: A lid wrench for removing lids from jars and other containers, which lid wrench is characterized in a first embodiment by an elongated channel member having parallel, downwardly-extending flanges and spaced openings for selectively receiving the engaging finger of a single pivoting lug provided with inwardly-facing lug teeth. In a second embodiment, an elongated plate is provided with spaced openings for selectively receiving the engaging finger of the sliding pivoting lug. A fixed handle is attached to one end of the channel and plate, respectively, opposite the pivoting lug and an opening may be provided at the opposite end of the channel member and plate, respectively, for hanging the lid wrench on a nail or other support.

Abstract: A tool is set forth defined by generally planar sides, including a central handle defined by a concave top surface overlying an undulating convex bottom surface. The tool includes an enlarged head at a forward end of the handle defined by a "C" shaped cavity with a first leg defined by an arcuate interior surface spaced from a second leg defined by a planar exterior surface, wherein each leg includes a ledge spaced from a planar rear surface defining the "C" shaped cavity. A blade member is mounted extending orthogonally outwardly and longitudinally of the head portion for prying of various lids and tabs, wherein the first leg provides a bucket lid receiving cavity within a lower portion of the "C" shaped cavity defined between the first leg and the rear surface of the cavity. A modification of the instant invention includes a longitudinally reciprocatable cutting blade mounted within a rear portion of the handle and may further include the forward blade threadedly removable from the head portion of the tool.

Abstract: A pocket type having a retractable blade that can be slidably extended from a casing in either of two directions. End sections of the blade are specially configured to perform tool functions, such as sawing, cutting, filing, screw-driving, or bottle cap opening. A special latch structure is provided for firmly and rigidly retaining the blade in various positions of adjustment.

Abstract: A tool for removing tight fitting lids from bulk containers including a rigid shaft, a knife assembly mounted on one end of the shaft on one side thereof, and a lifting hook mounted on the same end of the shaft, but on the opposite side thereof. A handle is attached perpendicularly to the other end of the shaft.

Abstract: The tool is used in opening and/or reopening a bulk container of the type having a plastic lid which is mounted to the container by means of an annular rim having a lip that engages an annular rib on the container. The tool comprises an elongate body having a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end forms a handle for the tool. A base member is mounted on the distal end of the body and a cross-member is mounted on and across the body at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the base member. The cross-member has two oppositely disposed end portions. Each end portion terminates in a hook shaped structure including an arm extending toward the base member. One arm, on a side facing the body, has an arcuate pry-bar configuration. The other arm, on a side facing the body, has a cutting edge.

Abstract: An elongated lever member is provided defining first and second ends and the lever member comprises a flat stock member with the first and second ends each being of a greater width than the intermediate length portion of the flat stock member extending between and connecting the ends. One of the ends includes opposite side portions projecting outwardly beyond the corresponding opposite side portions of the intermediate length portion and those opposite side portions are reversely bent back over one face surface of the corresponding end of the flat stock member in closely laterally spaced relation thereto and with the free ends of the reversely bent side portions secured together to form an open ended sleeve on the side of the one end of the flat stock member opposed by the reversely bent portions. The sleeve tapers toward the other end of the flat stock member and the flat stock member other end includes an opening therein which may be partially engaged over a bottle cap for removal of the latter.

Abstract: In a first embodiment, a pair of cylindrical rods are held in closely spaced parallel relationship by support members mounted in the ends of the rods. The rods have confronting surfaces throughout their length. Pairs of overlapping cutting blades are mounted in the rods and between the confronting surfaces. A container is opened by being inserted between the confronting surfaces and drawn against the blades. When opened, the end of the container opposite the opening is then inserted between the rods and drawn between the confronting surfaces to empty the contents by pressing the opposite sides of the container together. In a second embodiment a flanged slot formed in a flat holder provides the confronting surfaces for emptying the container. Cutting blades mounted in the handle in way of the slot are used to cut the container open.

Abstract: A combined bottle opener and stopper (10) comprises a metal plate (12) with side edges (14) and (16) bent downward and inwardly. A rubber pad 26 is attached to the bottom face of the plate. Teeth (38a, 38b) are formed on the inner sides of the bent edges for engagement with serrations on the periphery of the cap to be removed. These teeth allow removal of threaded crown caps by unscrewing the caps in the position of engagement between their serrations and the teeth of the opener. Bent edges (14, 16) have different heights with the difference corresponding to the pitch of the thread on a threaded bottle neck. For temporary closing the bottle, i.e., with beer or carbonated water, the device is screwed onto the threaded bottle neck as a nut until the rubber pad is tightly pressed to the upper face of the bottle to hermetically close the latter.

Abstract: An opening means for a vessel which has received powder therein. A handle is provided at one end of a hollow tubular body, and a substantially axially extending slit is provided on the opposite side of the body. Furthermore, a projection is formed on the outer wall of the body. This projection is located so that upon opening, it may pierce the cover means and penetrate it through immediately before peeling off of the cover means starts. This projection is provided with a through hole which has communication between the inside and outside portions of the body of the opening means.

Abstract: A finger or thumb worn thimble provided at one end thereof with a blade which can be used to puncture the end of a metal container and which is also provided with a cutting edge adjacent the aforesaid blade which can be used for cutting twine, rope, etc.

Abstract: A vial sealing cap opening device comprised of a body member having a channel defined therein, the sides of the channel being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the vial sealing caps to be opened and a blade member disposed within the channel and elevated above the back wall of the channel a distance sufficient so that the blade's tip will enter a perforation in the vial sealing cap when the vial is inserted in the channel perpendicularly to the body member and manually moved against the blade. The device further includes a vial sealing cap lift tab deformer and sealing cap ring remover.