Patent ID: 6126029
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A can comprising:a body, a cover, and a bottom member; wherein the cover includes (i) a pull ring including a handle part, and a nose having a tip, (ii) a circumferential cover closing flange shaped between the cover and the body, and (iii) a portion forming a primary score line adjacent the cover closing flange;the body includes a lowermost necked-in portion; andthe bottom member includes (i) a circumferential bottom closing flange securing the bottom member to the necked-in portion of the body, and (ii) a bottom surface;wherein the nose of the pull ring is spaced a distance x from the score line such that when two of the cans are placed one on top of the other, the bottom flange of the upper of the two cans is located between the cover flange and the nose of the lower of the two cans;wherein the bottom flange has a height such that, when two of the cans are placed one on top of the other, the bottom flange of the upper of the two cans stands directly on the cover of the lower of the two cans without touching the pull ring of the lower can, and without the bottom surface of the bottom member of the upper can touching the pull ring of the lower can; andwherein when a user pulls in the handle part of the pull ring, the pull ring is adapted to be displaced a distance, corresponding to the distance x, outwards towards the cover closing flange before the tip of the nose of the pull ring is forced downwards into the score line of the cover;wherein the pull ring further includes an intermediary portion arranged between the handle part and the nose of the pull ring; the cover further includes a rivet riveting the intermediary portion of the pull ring to the cover; the intermediary portion of the pull ring forms a slit extending around the rivet, said slit having a hollow side facing away from the nose of the pull ring; and the cover forms an auxiliary score line adjacent a portion of the primary score line, the auxiliary score line having a narrower end and a broader end, said broader end facing said portion of the primary score line.