Patent ID: 7152505

Claim:
A bottle cap turning device said device comprising: a resilient right triangular-shaped finger gripping member having an upper right triangular-shaped side and a matching lower right triangular-shaped side; a resilient circular-shaped bottle cap receiver provided in a center of said finger gripping member, said bottle cap receiver reducing in diameter to grip an outer surface of the bottle cap upon twisting said finger gripping member while the bottle cap resists turning; three (3) resilient blade-shaped slots provided in said finger gripping member, said three (3) slots defining three (3) spokes ending and defining said bottle cap receiver, said three (3) slots opening into said bottle cap receiver and extending substantially tangentially outwardly from said circular-shaped bottle cap receiver towards respective corners of said triangular-shaped finger gripping member, said slots being located equidistance around a perimeter of said circular-shaped bottle cap receiver, said blade-shaped slots being wider at their inner bases and tapering downwardly towards their outer ends, two of said slots having an equal length and one of said slots having a shorter length; and three (3) sets of gripping teeth provided on three (3) inner surface portions of said bottle cap receiver and located between adjacent slots, said gripping teeth being aligned parallel and spaced apart to mesh and cooperate with outer ridges provided on an outer surface of a bottle cap to be opened, whereby said gripping teeth initially engage the outer ridges of the bottle cap and then increasingly forcibly grip the bottle cap as said finger gripping member is further twisted by the user until the bottle cap begins to turn or stop turning on the bottle.