Patent ID: 9586732
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A beverage can lid, substantially of non-elastomeric plastics material, comprising: a rigid neck fixed to an exterior side of the lid so as to be able to pivot between a lowered position in which an internal channel of the neck is not in communication with an interior side of the lid opposite the exterior side, and a raised position in which the internal channel is in communication with the interior side of the lid, said lid being substantially flat and having a cavity in the one side that is generally oblong or circular in shape, said cavity having a first side wall portion, a second side wall portion, and a bottom which has an opening, said cavity accommodating the neck, the neck having a first free end and a second end attached to the second side wall portion of the cavity by a hinge element so as to be able to pivot between the lowered position in which the second end is located against said second side wall portion and the first free end is located against said first side wall portion of the cavity, and the raised position, a flexible leakproof membrane connecting a part of a periphery of said opening to a part of the second end of the neck which is not attached to the second side wall portion of the cavity, a slot at the first side wall portion in an elastomeric material, the slot communicating with the interior side of the lid when the neck is in the raised position and being oriented transverse to an axis of the interior channel of the neck when the neck is in the lowered position, the first side wall portion of the cavity being compressed by said first free end of the neck in the lowered position such that the slot closes in a leakproof manner under the action of said compression.