OPENER FOR VARIETY OF RING-PULL CONTAINERS

摘要

A tool for opening a container sealed by a ring-pull seal is described. The hand-operated tool saves overloading a person's hands by gripping the ring-pull or tab, and manipulating the tab in a first direction so that the seal is broken, and then in a second direction so that the tab is laid flat or perhaps removed. For tabs with a large ring, there is a ring engaging means placed in relation to an adjacent sharp tool edge for pressing against the region of the frangible seal in order to initiate breaking of the seal, and a fulcrum or heel on which the tool can be rocked in order to lift the lid away. For beverage containers with smaller tabs the tab itself breaks the seal after being levered by the hand-operated tool.