Combination bottle and can opener

摘要

A combination bottle opener by which to remove a cap from the top of a bottle and can opener by which to remove a lid from the top of a can. The opener includes a body having a curved head located at one end thereof to surround the bottle cap to be removed and a pair of tapered legs located at the opposite end to fit below the lid to be removed from the can. A force-transmitting plate is affixed to the top of the body so as to extend between the pair of legs. A force applied to the force-transmitting plate of the opener in a first direction causes an edge of the plate to rotate into engagement with the bottle cap to lift the cap off the bottle. A force applied to the force-transmitting plate in an opposite direction causes the tapered legs to rotate into engagement with the lid to pry the lid off the can.

主权项

1. An opener to remove a bottle cap from a bottle and a lid from a can, said opener comprising a body, a head located at a first end of said body and being shaped to engage the bottle cap to be removed, at least one leg located at the opposite end of said body to engage the lid to be removed, and a force-transmitting plate connected to said body, such that a force applied in one of first and opposite directions to said opener is correspondingly applied to one of the force-transmitting plate or to the at least one leg depending upon the direction in which said force is applied to said opener for causing either the bottle cap to be removed from the bottle or the lid to be pried off the can, wherein the force applied to the opener in said first direction causes the force-transmitting plate connected to said body to move towards and engage the bottle cap by which the cap is lifted off the bottle.