Snap-lock Can Opener

Smart Design

Caption

Smart Design. Snap-lock Can Opener, designed 1990. ABS plastic, stainless steel, 7 x 3 x 3 3/4 in. (17.8 x 7.6 x 9.5 cm) Width: 3" closed; 5" open. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of OXO International, 2004.96.4. Creative Commons-BY

Gallery

Not on view

Designer

Smart Design

Manufacturer

Oxo International

Title

Snap-lock Can Opener

Date

designed 1990

Medium

ABS plastic, stainless steel

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

7 x 3 x 3 3/4 in. (17.8 x 7.6 x 9.5 cm) Width: 3" closed; 5" open

Markings

Printed on top arm toward blade end: "[Gray oval with OXO left unprinted thus showing in the negative of the black plastic]" Molded on top arm interior: "PAT. NO. / D 326,039" Molded on lower arm interior: "OXO [within an oval] / GOOD GRIPS"

Credit Line

Gift of OXO International

Accession Number

2004.96.4

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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