US 12,220,802 B1
Multi-purpose paint can tool
Craig Lombard, North Andover, MA (US)
Filed by Craig Lombard, North Andover, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/887,736.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/592,221, filed on Oct. 23, 2023.
Int. Cl. B25F 1/00 (2006.01); B67B 7/00 (2006.01); B67B 7/12 (2006.01); B67B 7/44 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 1/00 (2013.01) [B67B 7/12 (2013.01); B67B 7/24 (2013.01); B67B 7/44 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first elongated structure section comprising a top side, a bottom side, a can opener end and a bumper end separated from the can opener end by a first length;
a second elongated structure section comprising a top side, a bottom side, a first end, and a second end separated from the first end by a second length;
wherein the second elongated structure section is disposed perpendicular to the first elongated structure section and connected to the bumper end of the first elongated structure at a center of the length of the second elongated structure, and wherein the second elongated structure section is mechanically fixed to the first elongated structure section;
a can opener disposed on the first elongated structure section can opener end top side;
a closing bumper disposed on the second elongated structure section top side proximal to the point where the first elongated structure section meets the second elongated structure section;
a pair of perforating cone spikes respectively disposed on the second elongated structure section bottom side at respective first and second ends, wherein the pair of the perforating cone spikes are separated by a distance that will fit within an arc of a rimmed paint can opening;
a pair of perforating bumpers respectively disposed on the second elongated structure section top side at respective first and second ends corresponding to the perforating cone spikes;
a magnet disposed on the first elongated structure section bottom side, wherein the magnet is mechanically fixed with the first elongated structure section, and wherein the magnet is disposed approximately at a mid-point of the first length; and
a handle disposed on the first elongated structure section top side at a point between the can opener end and the bumper end.