In the late 1950's, a man in my home state was forced to use a car bumper to open something, because a certain essential item had been omitted from the picnic basket. As the owner of a tool manufacturing company, he thought there must be a better way, and he invented it. Who was this man, and what was his canny idea?

gtho4

wag This sounds like the bottle opener on the side of an Esky, and his name was Mr. Malley. ! Jun 19 05, 9:00 PM

lanfranco

Not quite, gt. Try concentrating on the word "canny." Jun 19 05, 9:27 PM

romeomikegolf

Ermal Fraze invented the ring pull can. http://www.drtusa.com/fraze.html Jun 19 05, 11:42 PM

lanfranco

Yay, romeo! And I actually met Mr. Fraze when I was a teenager. I had no idea who he was at the time. Here's the drawing in his patent application: http://www.okpatents.com/phosita/archives/2005/02/remember_ermal.html Jun 20 05, 6:51 AM

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