Patent ID: 7640831

Claim:
A pop tab remover comprising: a head apparatus having a lower fork and an upper can support; and a lower pivot arm attached with said lower fork and an upper pivot arm attached with said upper can support; and a first force application handle attached with said lower pivot arm and a second force application handle attached with said upper pivot arm; and a pivot pivotally connecting said lower pivot arm and said upper pivot arm; and said lower fork having a fork slot, said fork slot having a width sufficient to substantially position around a tab holding post on a can top and an attachment arm of a can tab; and said upper can support having a shape which is at least partially capable of resting upon or substantially near a portion of a topmost seam or rim of said can when said lower fork is positioned around said tab holding post and said attachment arm whereby as said first handle is displaced toward said second handle said can tab is removed; and said upper can support further comprising a substantially half spherical form having an equator which forms a substantially circular ring; and said circular ring having a diameter substantially equivalent to or smaller than an inside diameter of a mouth of said can; and a slot within said half spherical form and positioned to provide clearance for said lower pivot arm when said first handle is displaced toward said second handle.