Patent ID: 6026971
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An opener for a container, comprising:a top panel having a scored area for defining a closure portion which is frangibly secured to said top panel for enabling said closure portion to be severed from said panel;an operating lever having a nose portion and a lift portion with a controlled flex portion being disposed therebetween;said lift portion having an opening for receiving a finger of an operator;means for securing said operating lever to said top panel with said nose portion of said operating lever being disposed proximate said closure portion and with said lift portion of said operating lever being disposed remote therefrom;said controlled flex portion enabling said lift portion to bend upwardly at said controlled flex portion relative to said nose portion upon raising said lift portion by an operator to expose said opening in said lift portion; andsaid upwardly bend lift portion facilitating the insert of a finger of the operator into said opening for enabling the operator to raise said lift portion of said operating lever to sever said closure portion from said top panel to open the container.