Patent ID: 6659833
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: B65D,G09F

Abstract:
A beverage can cap for attachment to a beverage can having a top wall surrounded by a peripheral and circular lip and a tab opener attached to the top wall, said beverage can cap comprising:an upper layer sized and shaped to fit within the peripheral and circular lip of the beverage can, said upper layer having a substantially circular periphery; a lower layer having an arc-shaped outer periphery which corresponds to a portion of the substantially circular periphery of said upper layer, the periphery of said lower layer being bonded to the periphery of said upper layer along a continuous seal which passes through at least 180 continuous degrees of the circle defined by the substantially circular periphery of said upper layer; a pocket defined by said upper layer and said lower layer; and wherein said pocket is adapted to receive the tab opener of the beverage can when said beverage can cap is installed on the can and said lower layer is disposed between the tab opener and the top wall of the beverage can.