Patent ID: 7516866
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A device to assist in opening and temporarily closing a beverage can, comprising: a substantially planar base member, having a proximal edge and a distal edge and a top surface and a bottom surface; a pair of substantially planar members protruding from the distal edge of said planar base member, having a notch between said protruding planar members; a pair of substantially parallel ridges protruding substantially perpendicularly from said top surface of said base member, each having a proximal end and a distal end and an interior top edge and exterior top edge; at least one tab protruding substantially perpendicularly from the interior top edges of each of said ridges and oriented substantially parallel to the top surface of said planar member; and an elongated member, wherein said member is affixed to the proximal edge of said planar base member.