Patent ID: 8973777
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A beverage can comprising: a body with a side-wall and a base, the base including a concave dome defining a recess, and a stand annulus, wherein the base is reformed to provide a re-entrant bead at a junction between the concave dome and the stand annulus, and a resilient disc configured to be disposed in the recess, the resilient disc defining an outer periphery, the outer periphery consisting of three prongs and a plurality of connecting walls spaced about the outer periphery such that each of the three prongs is separated from adjacent prongs by one of the plurality of connecting walls, wherein when the resilient disc is disposed within the recess, each of the three prongs contacts the concave dome and each of the connecting walls are spaced from the concave dome, and wherein at least one of the prongs defines an apex that is diametrically opposite one of the plurality of connecting walls, the one of the plurality of connecting walls being spaced from the concave dome such that the resilient disc is capable of being prised out of the re-entrant bead by a user of the beverage can.