Alejandro R Cortez

US Patent:

55359116, Jul 16, 1996

Filed:

Aug 29, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/297378

Inventors:

Alejandro Cortez - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 1732

US Classification:

220268

Abstract:

A can opener device, mounted on a can top, comprising a front portion, a top portion and a rear portion. The front portion having a pair of front portion tear edges, which can be severed by applying pressure. The rear portion having a u-bend where pressure is applied to sever the front portion tear edges. The top portion attached to the front portion and to the rear portion, the top portion in a plane above the can top, pressure applied to the top portion pushes the front portion into the can after the front portion tear edges are severed. The can top comprises a plurality of rings, each having a thin portion and a thick portion.