Patent ID: 9199763
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An easy open can end suitable for attachment to a container body, comprising: a central panel having a score line; a tab attached to the can end, the tab having a nose portion and a handle portion; an openable panel portion on the central panel defined by the score line; the openable panel portion comprising a bistable section and a downwardly inclined annular step, the bistable section disposed radially inward from the downwardly inclined annular step, the bistable section extending under all or part of the handle portion of the tab, the bistable section being deformable between: an up position: in which at least a portion the bistable section is convex when viewed from above the can end; and a down position: in which at least a portion of the invertible bistable section is concave when viewed from above the can end such that a first gap between the tab and the bistable section is defined so as to enable finger access to the tab.