Patent ID: 8984846
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A container closure tool comprising: a portable, unsupported hand-held housing; at least one pair of wheels each rotatably mounted on a respective end of said housing, each wheel being formed with a tapered contour, said contour being oriented so as to face outwardly of said housing on the bottom of said wheel, such that when a lid is placed over the container with the outer edge of the lid aligned proximate a peripheral vertical flange of the container all along its circumference, and said tapered contour of each of said at least one pair of wheels is simultaneously placed so as to engage the peripheral flange of the container, said at least one pair of wheels providing at least two points of contact on the container peripheral flange, said both points of contact providing both bending and crimping action simultaneously, so that application of closure tool pressure against said flange while moving the container in a circular direction causes simultaneous bending and crimping action on said flange inwardly at said two points of contact so as to retain the container lid all along its circumference in a single, continuous hand motion, and wherein said portable hand-held housing comprises a pair of identical side portions wherein each of said side portions comprises an inner face, and a joining connector extending from one of said inner faces so as to be insertable into a hole formed opposite thereto on said inner face of said opposite side portion.