Robert M Skillern

US Patent:

46584552, Apr 21, 1987

Filed:

Apr 17, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/853222

Inventors:

Robert M. Skillern - Lake Cormorant MS

Assignee:

Lid-Claw Inc. - Memphis TN

International Classification:

B25F 100

US Classification:

7105

Abstract:

A multipurpose tool designed particularly for use while painting, and including a claw for opening large pails or buckets and a blade for scraping and for opening standard one gallon paint cans. The claw is designed to extend partially or entirely around the rung of a ladder thereby permitting the tool, and a supported paint can, to be suspended from the rung. The claw includes flanges for can support and for engaging under the bead of a pail or bucket for prying off the cover of the pail or bucket.