Title: Adjustable jar cap rotator including in combination can perforator and bottle opener

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1. A device for rotating jar caps comprising:

a base having an arcuate member at one end thereof with serrations on the underside of said member for engaging at least a portion of the jar cap;

a handle pivotally supported intermediate its ends by the base and extending toward the opposite end thereof;

means for biasing the handle away from the base at said opposite end;

a flexible member of indeterminant length having one end secured to the base at the end thereof having the arcuate member, and having another free end threaded through the base and handle adjacent said arcuate member and forward of said pivotal support for forming a loop adjustable in accordance with the periphery of the jar cap;

the flexible member having a friction surface for engaging at least part of the periphery of the jar cap and being drawn taut thereabout upon operator-operation of the handle toward the base in opposition to the biasing means; and

the friction surface of the flexible member and the arcuate serrated member cooperating to grip the jar cap, with operator twisting of the device being effective for rotating said cap.

2. A device as described by claim 1, wherein:

the base includes a first aperture near the arcuate serrated member and a second aperture in spaced relation thereto away from the arcuate serrated member;

the handle includes a first aperature in substantial alignment with the first base aperture and a second aperture in spaced relation to the first aperture and in substantial alignment with the second base aperture; and

the free end of the flexible member is threaded through the first base aperture and the first handle aperture, looped through the second handle aperture and threaded through the second base aperture to form the adjustable loop.

3. A device as described by claim 1, wherein the means for biasing the handle away from the base includes:

spring means having a first member retained by the handle and a second member retained by the base; and

said first and second members cooperating to bias the handle away from the base.

4. A device as described by claim 3, wherein:

the handle includes a pair of parallel arms disposed in spaced relation for straddling the base and means for pivotally supporting the arms on the base;

the spring means includes a coil member supported between the arms;

one end of the coil member terminating in the first member of the spring means retained by the handle; and

the other end of the coil member terminating in the second member of the spring means retained by the base.

5. A device as described by claim 4, including:

means for supporting the coil member of the spring means between the arms;

said supporting means including a pin member extending through the arms and coil member and having a first portion retained adjacent one of the arms and a second portion retained adjacent the other of said arms.

6. A device as described by claim 1, including in combination:

a bottle opener secured to one end of the base and extending therebeyond.

7. A device as described by claim 1, including in combination:

a can perforator secured to one end of the base and extending therebeyond.

8. A device as described by claim 7, wherein:

the can perforator is secured to the end of the base having the arcuate member and on the upper surface of said member.

9. A device as described by claim 8, wherein:

the bottle opener is secured to the opposite end of the base.

10. A device as described by claim 1, including in combination:

a can perforator secured to the end of the base having the arcuate serrated member, and following the upper surface of said member and extending therebeyond; and

a bottle opener secured to the opposite end of the base and extending therebeyond.

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Inventors: Platek, Stanley F.

Application Number: 500462
Filing Date: 1974-08-26
Publication_date: 1976-06-22
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 7/152 7/139, 81/3.43, 81/64
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1266510	May, 1918	McMeekin	81/3.
1505017	Aug, 1924	Fornelius	81/3.
1513164	Oct, 1924	Euverard	81/3.
2013209	Sep, 1935	Hargreaves	81/64.
D167920	Oct, 1952	Zuras	7/14.

Other Refs: 485,048

Oct, 1928	DD

Primary Examiner: Smith, Al Lawrence
Assistant Examiner: Parker, Roscoe V.
Attorney: Cuoco; Anthony F.