Patent ID: 6082030
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A beverage can identification system for identifying an owner of a beverage can having a beverage can top equipped with a lever tab with a gripping end having a gripping end tab aperture formed therein, and a securing rivet securing an affixed end of the lever tab to the beverage can top, the beverage can identification system comprising:at least one identifier tab cover that is adapted to be secured to the gripping end at the lever tab;said identifier tab cover including a cover member and a lever tab locking structure;said cover member having a lever tab insertion opening formed therein in connection with a lever tab receiving cavity sized to receive the gripping end of the lever tab of the beverage can, an outer top surface, an erasable marking surface formed on said outer top surface, and an under surface having a retraction member opening formed therethrough;said lever tab locking structure including a resilient locking prong retraction member and a curved locking prong;said resilient locking prong retraction member including a horizontal portion and a vertical portion;said horizontal portion extending into said retraction member opening formed through said under surface of said cover member;said vertical portion extending vertically away from said horizontal portion;said curved locking prong arching into said lever tab receiving cavity and away from said lever tab insertion opening;said resilient locking prong retraction member being bendable outwardly from said cover member sufficiently to withdraw said curved locking prong from said lever tab receiving cavity.