Patent ID: 7966910
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
1. A bottle opener for removing a bottle cap secured to a top edge of a bottle, said bottle cap having a top surface and a perimeter wall extending downward from said top surface with said perimeter wall having an external edge at an opposite end of said perimeter wall from said top surface, said bottle opener comprising: a ring shaped body member having a lower portion a top portion, front edge and rear edge, said lower portion having a side cutout beginning at the front edge and extending inward therefrom but not reaching the rear edge; wherein said side cutout defining a bottle cap portion receiving area within the lower portion of said body member, said cutout having a bottom surface, a first side wall extending upward from said bottom surface and extending inward from the front edge of the body member, a second side wall extending upward from said bottom surface and extending inward from the front edge of the body member, and a rear wall extending upward from said bottom surface such that the cutout is surrounded on three sides; said body member defining an opening for receipt of a human finger above said cutout; wherein placement of said body member on the human finger provides a top surface for the bottle cap portion receiving area; wherein in use the body member is placed on the human finger and the bottle cap portion is disposed within the cutout with a top portion of the bottle cap abutting the human finger and a bottom edge portion of the bottle cap contacting the bottom surface of the cutout such that during removal of the bottle cap only the lower portion of the body member is in contact with the portion of the bottle cap.