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2. The best walker for seniors of 2024 according to therapists ...

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   The best walker for seniors of 2024 according to therapists, nurses and other health care professionals Lindsay Modglin and Zia Sherrell July 7, 2024 at 8:13 AM

3. Can opener - Wikipedia

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   A can opener (North American and Australian English) or tin opener (British English) is a mechanical device used to open metal tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were not patented until 1855 in England and 1858 in the United States. These early ...

4. P-38 can opener - Wikipedia

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   A Vietnam War-era P-38 can opener, with a U.S. penny shown for size comparison.. The P-38 (larger variant known as the P-51) is a small can opener that was issued with canned United States military rations from its introduction in 1942 to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. [1]

5. Ezra Warner (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   A drawing from the can opener patent No 19063 by Warner. Ezra J. Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut was an American inventor, who patented his design of a can opener in 1858. A crudely shaped bayonet and sickle combo, his design was widely accepted by the U.S. military during the period of the American Civil War.

6. William Lyman (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   The top of the can was cut by pressing the cutting wheel into the can near the edge and rotating it along the can's rim. [5] The need to pierce the can first was a nuisance, and this can opener design has not survived. In 1925, a modern-style opener, equipped with an additional serrated wheel, was invented to improve Lyman's design. [3]

7. Ermal C. Fraze - Wikipedia

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   In 1959, while at a picnic with friends and family, Fraze discovered he had left his "church key" can opener at home, forcing him to use a car bumper to open cans of beer. Fraze decided to create an improved beverage opening method that would eliminate the need for a separate device, leading to his creation of the pull-tab opener.

8. Safe-cracking - Wikipedia

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   This pin can also be moved by the impact of the safe being dropped or struck while on its side, which allows the safe to be opened. [9] [10] [11] One security researcher taught his three-year-old son how to open most consumer gun safes. More expensive safes use a gear mechanism that is less susceptible to mechanical attacks.

9. Slim jim (lock pick) - Wikipedia

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   A slim jim (more technically known as a lockout tool) is a thin strip of metal (usually spring steel) roughly 60 centimetres (24 in) long and about 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) wide originally marketed under that name by HPC Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of specialty locksmithing tools.