Patent ID: 7267031
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
1. A bottle cap remover comprising a grasping portion having a first diameter, a first cap-removing section coaxially depending from said grasping portion and having a second diameter less than that of said first diameter and that corresponds to the diameter of a first-sized bottle cap, and a second cap-removing section coaxially depending from said first cap-removing section and having an outwardly and downwardly tapering inner circumferential wall, said second cap-removing section having a continuously varying diameter greater than said second diameter and corresponding to a range of bottle cap sizes, the inner walls of said second cap-removing section including a plurality of axial splines or ribs which are tapered to a greater degree than the wall of said second cap-removing section, said splines or ribs having a cross-section that varies from a vee-shaped form at the largest diameter portion of said second cap-removing section to a half-round or semi-circular form at the smallest diameter portion of said second cap-removing section for frictionally and mechanically engaging the peripheries of said range of bottle caps.