Patent ID: 6575325
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A container and pull tab opener therefor; where said container has a top surface having a frangible push-in closure therein which is partially severable from said top surface, and where said pull tab opener is secured to said top surface near said frangible push-in closure;wherein said pull tab opener comprises a nose portion and a tail portion; wherein at least a portion of said nose portion overlies at least a portion of said frangible push-in closure; and wherein said pull tab opener is secured to said top surface at a position on said pull tab opener which is between said nose portion and said tail portion; said tail portion being articulable, and having a front lever portion which lies in the same plane and is an extension of said nose portion, and a rear lift lever portion which is articulably joined to said front lever portion at a crease line; said tail portion comprising a base portion and at least a pair of protrusions upstanding therefrom, wherein one of said at least a pair of protrusions is located at each side of said crease line; wherein each of said protrusions has a front face which is subtended by and extends upwardly from said crease line, each of said front faces is rectangular in shape, and each of said front faces is opposed to the other of said front faces of said at least a pair of protrusions; wherein each of said at least a pair of protrusions has a sloped rear surface extending downwardly from the top edge of the respective front face towards said base portion in a direction away from said crease line; and wherein the angle formed between said opposed pair of front faces is in the range of from 10Â° to 50Â°.