Patent ID: 8651318
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A beverage can closure element comprising: a cover element for removable receipt in an opening in a beverage can; a locking mechanism on the cover element for locking the cover element in the opening of the beverage can, wherein the cover element is elastically deformable between at least two states with the locking mechanism in one state of the cover element of the at least two states of the cover element extending further inwards in a radial direction relative to the cover element than in another one of the at least two states of the cover element; a rim area extending circumferentially around the cover element, with an extension provided in the rim area; a rivet provided in the extension and defining a first pivot axis, with the cover element pivotable about the first pivot axis between a first position with the cover element over the opening and a second position with the rivet intermediate the opening and the cover element; and a beading formed in the rim area opposite to the extension and adjacent to the locking mechanism, with the beading and the rivet defining a second pivot axis generally perpendicular to the first pivot axis for removing the locking mechanism from the opening of the beverage can when the cover element is in the first position.