Introducing..the RimRoller!!

This was on the front page of the Ottawa Citizen today:

An Ottawa inventor has created a “labour- saving device” to help Canadians effortlessly “ Roll Up the Rim to Win” at Tim Hortons.

Paul Kind, 62, spent three years developing the Rimroller — a plastic device the size of a bottle opener that cleanly slices open and unrolls a rim in one fluid motion.

“ Do you know that Tim Hortons ( sells) close to 300 million cups every year?” Mr. Kind said yesterday. “When you think of all the effort expended by these different people rolling up their rim, you realize what a labour- saving device this is.”

The Rimroller, which fits on a keychain, will go on sale at Lee Valley Tools in Ottawa in the next few days and will soon be available at the company’s 12 stores across Canada, he said...

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He tried about 12 different Rimroller models — including a canopener- style device and a hookshaped remover.

“I came to the conclusion this was the only way to do it,” he said. “ It neatly cuts the rim and rolls it up in one movement.”

Mr. Kind said he has applied for a patent on his device, and has partnered on the project with manufacturer L- D Tool & Die of Stittsville.

haha...what can I say??