Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1915 — TO PRY OFF BOX SIDES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO PRY OFF BOX SIDES.

Implement with Pivoted Lever for Readily Forcing Off Cover. An exceedingly simple Implement for forcing open the lids of wooden boxes is shown in the illustration below, the invention of an lowa man. It comprises a long, flat metal blade of gradually increasing thickness from its front to its rear end, the latter extremity being the handle. Pivoted adjacent to the handle is a lever, which

swings in the plane of the flat surface of the blade. In operation the blade is forced beneath the box lid, and with the aid of the lever the operator Is enabled to pry off the lid with a minimum amount of effort. When not in use the lever can be swung around to register and conform with the outline of handle, the implement when so arranged occupying but little space and being easily carried. —Washington Star.