Multi-purpose opener
CA 2228668 C · Owner: The Pampered Chef, Ltd. · Inventors: Hess, Kevin M.; Fohrman, Scott R.
Overview
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A mufti-purpose closure opener for use with a variety of containers including twist-top bottles vacuum-sealed jars and tab-top cans. A rigid elongated main body supports a twist-top opening section a jar lid opening section and a tab-top can closure opening section far convenient opening of a selected one of these several containers in a single unitary construction. The twist-top opening section allows engagement of at least two bottle cap types while the tab-top can closure opening section is designed to engage a variety of different sized and shaped tabs. The jar lid opening section permits easy jar lid seal-breaking convenience on the same opener. A magnet secured to the elongated body …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 2, 1998 and granted May 14, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 2, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 2, 2020.
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