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Quintuplet

Maxmillian C. Frins, Plainfield, New Jersey was issued United States Patent

Number 2,718,055 on September 20, 1955 for his

“

Can Opener

”

invention.

The patent was assigned to Joseph A. Cahill, dba Cahill Manufacturing

Company of New York for production. The can opener was marketed as

“

The

Quintuplet Kitchen Utility

”

and included a tin can cutter, a cap lifter, a jar lid

lifter, a screw driver or pryer for lids, and a folding corkscrew.

Quintuplets are found with Frins

‟

1936 design patent number for the head

marked on the handle.