Patent ID: 8113375
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A can end configured to be attached to a can body, the can end comprising: an end panel including a movable portion; a score line in the end panel defining an openable panel portion; a pull tab including a nose, a handle capable of being actuated such that the pull tab ruptures the score line, and a medial portion defined between the nose and the handle, the medial portion is coupled to the end panel such that the nose is proximal to the score line and the handle overlay the movable portion of the end panel; the entire movable portion is disposed on a side of the medial portion opposite the nose, the movable portion is deformable between: wherein (i) the movable portion is deformable from the up position to the down position before the handle has been actuated and the score line is ruptured, and (ii) the movable portion, after being deformed to the down position, remains in the down position after the handle has been actuated and the score line is ruptured.