Container pail opener
CA 1181604 A · Owner: Ver-Nor Development Corporation · Inventors: Ginther, Vern
Overview
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A hand-operated device for removing tight fitting removable container pail lids having a continuous skirt-like, flange downwardly depending from the annular portion to circumscribe the container pail when in position. The device has a body section of uniform cross-section with a rear handle end, an upper edge, a lower edge, a main fulcrum surface at the front end, and a notch in the upper edge of the body section. A flange-engaging member which is a plate having an aperture within which the main body section is received is moveably, seated in the notch. The plate has a forwardly and upwardly angled lower, flange-engaging lip which in operation engages the flange of the lid and when an …
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- Granted January 29, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 29, 2002.
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