A secure specimen sample bottle includes a base container for receiving a specimen. The base container has a plurality of locking protrusions formed along an inner surface of the base receptacle. A bottle includes a lock ring that has an upright spire structure that has a closed top end and the opposing open bottom end including a plurality of flexible fins that are configured to interlockingly mate with the locking protrusions so as to prevent removal of the lock ring relative to the base container upon engagement of the flexible fins to the locking protrusions. A removable cap is coupled to the lock ring.

An apparatus and methods of opening containers which permit the user to remove the entire flat upper planar surface. The apparatus and methods, incorporate a platform with a plurality of arms operatively coupled to respective blade members that engage inner circumferential edge of a container by folding the edges inward. The blade members and arms are operatively coupled to a lever and rotate outward when the lever is compressed. The inventors have determined that apparatus and methods provided herein are able to adhere to the different sizes and contours of a sealed can lid. Additionally, by way of example, the inventors have determined that apparatus and methods provided herein can permit the user to safely remove the top of the can with both ease and efficiency.

A can opener (1) for opening a can (2) comprises a rotating device (4), a body (5), a traction device (6), a removal device (8) comprising at least one engagement element (9), and a cutting device (7). The traction device (6) is configured to adapt at least a traction device cutting position (tc) and a traction device lifting position (tl). The traction device (6) in the traction device cutting position (tc) and the cutting device (7) are arranged so as to open a can (2). The traction device (6) in the traction device lifting position (tl) and the engagement element (9) in a removal device lifting position (rl) are arranged such as to engage a lid (3) of an opened can (2). An actuation of the removal device (8) t removes an engagement between the traction device (6) and the engagement element (9) with the lid (3).

A lateral-cutting can opener assembly configured to pierce and make a continuous incision on a peripheral can wall or a peripheral rim wall. The lateral-cutting can opener assembly may include a first handle defining a distal portion and a proximal portion configured for grasping by a human hand, a second handle defining a central axis and including a gripping portion extending way from an anvil, a knife operably connected to the anvil and disposed at an inclination between 180 and 230 degrees relative to the central axis of the handle, a drive wheel configured to operably connect to the distal portion of the first handle and to operably connect the first handle to the second handle and including a shaft extending away from a drive wheel head. The first handle is configured to pivot relative to the second handle or the drive wheel.

The disclosure relates to a container opener for opening a planar portion of a sealed container by cutting the planar portion of the container, while leaving little to no sharp edges on the container at the point of the cut.

A can opener (1) for opening a can (2) comprises a rotating device (4), a body (5), a traction device (6), a removal device (8) comprising at least one engagement element (9), and a cutting device (7). The traction device (6) is configured to adapt at least a traction device cutting position (tc) and a traction device lifting position (tl). The traction device (6) in the traction device cutting position (tc) and the cutting device (7) are arranged so as to open a can (2). The traction device (6) in the traction device lifting position (tl) and the engagement element (9) in a removal device lifting position (rl) are arranged such as to engage a lid (3) of an opened can (2). An actuation of the removal device (8) t removes an engagement between the traction device (6) and the engagement element (9) with the lid (3).

The disclosure relates to a container opener for opening a planar portion of a sealed container by cutting the planar portion of the container, while leaving little to no sharp edges on the container at the point of the cut.

An edge-breaking can opener includes a first clamping handle and a second clamping handle. The first clamping handle and the second clamping handle are rotatably connected by using a rivet. A round angle is set between a tray gear and a helical gear, which reduces a cutting height. A protrusion portion on an original cutter wheel is creatively changed to an elastically adjustable support wheel that acts on a can with different edge heights. It is convenient to perform occlusion during cutting, and a cut can cover can be directly and safely taken out, thereby preventing a hand from coming into contact with the can cover. The cutter wheel can easily perform cutting by using acting force of spring plate, which is suitable for cans with a certain material thickness.

A can piercing device that pierces openings in a can lid to allow the can to allow be used for draining or straining the can contents. The device has a pattern of punch spikes, which, when placed against a side lip of a can and rotated using an attachment hook as a fulcrum, punches a series of openings through a can lid. The series of punched openings creates a strainer to drain the liquid from the can contents before removing the can lid. Can contents can be repeatedly rinsed and drained by adding water through the openings created and draining the liquid. It is also possible to provide the can piercing device with additional features that allow the device to be used as a side cutting can opener, in order to completely remove the can lid, once the draining or straining has taken place.

An apparatus and methods of opening containers which permit the user to remove the entire flat upper planar surface. The apparatus and methods, incorporate a platform with a plurality of arms operatively coupled to respective blade members that engage inner circumferential edge of a container by folding the edges inward. The blade members and arms are operatively coupled to a lever and rotate outward when the lever is compressed. The inventors have determined that apparatus and methods provided herein are able to adhere to the different sizes and contours of a sealed can lid. Additionally, by way of example, the inventors have determined that apparatus and methods provided herein can permit the user to safely remove the top of the can with both ease and efficiency.