Patent ID: 11858682
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A container closure arrangement for attachment to an open end of a container so as to provide a sealed container, wherein the container closure arrangement comprises:
a closure having a planar body provided in a first plane, wherein the closure is configured to be attached at peripheries thereof to an open end of the container, wherein the closure defines a peripherally weakened zone, or at least a partly peripherally weakened zone; and
a container opening device comprising:
an actuator tab operatively attachable to the closure adjacent the peripherally weakened zone, the actuator tab comprising a first end that projects at least partly over the peripherally weakened zone, a second opposite end, and a hinge connection that attaches the actuator tab to the closure, the hinge connection being located proximate the first end of the actuator tab such that actuation of the actuator tab between first and second positions of the actuator tab causes the first end of the actuator tab to abut against the peripherally weakened zone to allow shearing or detachment of the peripherally weakened zone from its weakened periphery thereby to provide an opening to an interior of the container, in use; and
a pull member attached to the actuator tab to facilitate actuation of the actuator tab between the first and second positions, wherein the pull member is integrally formed with and pivotally attached to the actuator tab, wherein the pull member defines a loop with an up-turned portion at an end portion thereof which is engageable by a finger, or portion thereof, of a user, in use, wherein the pull member is flexibly displaceable relative to the actuator tab between a first position and a second position, wherein the up-turned portion extends obliquely from a longitudinal axis of the pull member such that when the pull member is in the first position, the pull member is folded above the actuator tab such that the pull member is located in a second plane which is substantially parallel to a third plane in which the actuator tab lies and a lower surface of the up-turned portion extends above the second plane and the up-turned portion extends in a fourth plane extending obliquely from the second plane, and wherein in the second position of the pull member, the pull member is pivotally displaced in the direction of the second end of the actuator tab such that it is located in a fifth plane substantially transverse to the third plane to allow a finger, or portion thereof, of a user to be locatable in the loop to apply a pulling force on the pulling member to cause actuation of the actuator tab from the first to the second position, in use.