Patent ID: 6250491
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A side openable can having a bottom sealed end, a sidewall and a top sealed end, and including opening means for producing an opening at an upper portion of the sidewall, said opening means comprising:a tear flap formed integrally in said upper portion of the sidewall of the can and defined by a tear line;a tear lever fixed to an outside surface of said tear flap and used for tearing said tear flap away from the can;a spout holder having a holding rim and a support rib, said spout holder being attached interiorly to said sidewall of the can with a front surface of said holding rim interiorly bonded to said sidewall of the can around the tear flap, the holding rim having an insertion slit along its inside edge, said support rib having a depression, anda drinking spout having an insertion flange and an elastic expansion part, said insertion flange being formed along a side edge of the elastic expansion part and being inserted into and fixed by said holding rim of the spout holder, said elastic expansion part being elastically expanded upon tearing away of said tear flap.