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Abstract

This invention proposes a hand-held tool designed to separate and open up flat, layered, hard-to-grasp objects, such as plastic bags. An example situation which calls for such a tool is the self-checkout lane a in modern supermarket. In self-checkout lanes, both the supermarket staff and shoppers are often faced with tightly-packed bundles of shopping bags made of biodegradable plastic. These bags tend to be thin, slippery and very hard to peel off each other, so that the supermarket staff and customers often resort to licking their fingers, fumbling around to separate small bits of the shopping bag, or even applying wet rags, etc. The tool described herein allows the staff or the shoppers to easily open up a plastic bag of this kind.

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First Claim