Patent ID: 6971180

Claim:
A paint can channel perforating apparatus comprising: an enclosure adapted to engage a top edge of a paint can, wherein the enclosure includes: a cylindrical inner wall; a cylindrical outer wall; and a top wall connected to a top edge of the cylindrical inner wall and to a top edge of the cylindrical outer wall, wherein the inner wall and the outer wall are sized to enclose the top edge of the paint can when the enclosure is disposed thereon; an annular piercing member operatively coupled to the enclosure such that the piercing member is movable relative to the enclosure between a non-piercing position and a piercing position; and at least one piercing bit connected to the piercing member; wherein the at least one piercing bit is disposed on the piercing member such that the at least one piercing bit punctures a channel of the paint can when the enclosure is disposed on the top edge of the paint can and the piercing member moves from the non-piercing position to the piercing position.