Patent ID: 7578218

Claim:
An opener for opening containers with threaded closures, the opener comprising: first and second handles; a pivot connecting the first and second handles for pivotal movement relative to each other; and a head section comprising first and second jaws extending from the pivot, respectively integral with, extending from, and pivotable by the first and second handles to close the first and second jaws for gripping a threaded closure of a container and to open the first and second jaws for releasing the threaded closure of the container, wherein the first and second jaws comprise first and second concave inner gripping portions including respective first and second concave profiles that face each other and extend outwardly from and adjacent the pivot for gripping a threaded closure of a relatively large diameter, and first and second convex outer gripping portions respectively extending from and adjacent the first and second concave inner gripping portions, and more distant from the pivot than the first and second concave gripping portions, for gripping a threaded closure of a container of relatively small diameter, wherein the first convex outer gripping portion includes a pair of spaced-apart convex profiles, and the second convex outer gripping portion includes a single convex profile located between the pair of spaced-apart convex profiles of the first convex outer gripping portion when the first and second jaws are pivoted toward each other as far as possible, without an object located between the first and second jaws.