Patent ID: 6761281
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
An ecology end member for a beverage container, comprising:a central panel wall having a product side and a public side with an outer peripheral edge, a non-detachable tab being secured to the public side of the central panel wall by a rivet of the center panel; a displaceable tear panel in the central panel wall adjacent the rivet, said tear panel being defined by a frangible score and a non-frangible hinge segment, the frangible score having a tear panel geometry with an outer periphery defined by a curvilinear score length, said tear panel geometry being asymmetrically skewed having a large radius of score curvature in a first outer quadrant of the tear panel to provide low resistence to opening the tear panel at said large radius, and the tear panel having a radially outermost segment of the score located in a different quadrant of the tear panel.