Patent ID: 6516687
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
A device for holding a container while removing a twist-on lid for the container, the device comprising:a horizontal base having a top surface for supporting a bottom of a container thereon; two vertical elongate legs secured side by side along bottom surfaces thereof to said top surface of said base and extending horizontally and divergently with respect to each other whereby inner left and right opposing surfaces thereof, as horizontally viewed therein from the most divergent ends of said legs, face each other to form a wedge for engaging bottom side portions of a container positioned therebetween; an elastic surface disposed on the left of said inner opposing surfaces for gripping bottom side surfaces of a container engaging and being rotated between said inner opposing surfaces; said opposing surfaces extending upwardly from said base in height of between two to three inches; said top surface of said base is stepped upwardly between said inner surfaces of said legs at portions wherein said inner surfaces are most convergent for engaging containers having shallow side walls and a small diameter therebetween.