Patent ID: 6799692
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A lid for a can comprising a tubular body, with an upper end affixing, by double seaming, an annular upper wall, which internally defines a seat for the hermetic seating of the lid, wherein the lid comprises, in a single piece:a sealing portion, which is removably seated and retained in the seat and which is provided with an upper edge; a pair of handles disposed around at least part of the upper edge and having ends unremovably incorporated thereto, at points angularly spaced from each other, said handles being medianly displaceable by deformation of their end portions, from an inoperative position, substantially coplanar to said upper edge and in which they are kept, until the first opening of the lid, medianly incorporated to the sealing portion by respective breakable means, to a raised operative position, after the breakable means have been broken; a manually removable seal strip, disposed around the upper end of the tubular body and presenting a lower portion, which is seated and locked under the double seam of the annular upper wall; and an upper portion retaining the handles in the inoperative condition.