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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Anheuser-busch Inbev S.a., Brussels, BE;
Robert Gaafar, New York, NY (US);
Maisie Devine, New York, NY (US);
Patrick O'Riordan, New York, NY (US);
Hilary Farnsworth, Hauppage, NY (US);
Peter Daily, Hauppage, NY (US);
Doreen Swift, Hauppage, NY (US);
Ralph Cassara, Hauppage, NY (US);
Glenn Drost, Hauppage, NY (US);
Rodney McGaugh, Hauppage, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an opening tool () for opening and/or removing a tab portion () of a beverage can (). The opening tool includes a hollow housing (). The hollow housing includes a generally cylindrical housing body () having a top end (ET), a bottom end (EB), an outer surface (), an inner surface () and an open cavity () extending from a top end towards a bottom end of the housing body. The opening tool further includes one or more claws (), having a claw body () extending between a claw end portion () and a claw tip () such that the tip of each of the claws is adapted to be hangingly disposed within the open cavity of hollow housing. In operation, when a beverage can is passed through the hollow housing from the bottom end towards the top end, the claw tip of at least one of the claws engages and pulls-opens the tab portion while the beverage can moves out of the housing.