Patent ID: 6129230
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An end member for a container having a circumferential sidewall, the end member having a peripheral seaming edge adapted to be integrally connected to the sidewall, and having a central panel wall with a means for opening a frangible panel segment of the panel wall, the end member comprising;a rivet formed in the central panel and adapted to integrally attach a tab lever to the panel, the tab having a nose portion overlying at least a vent region of the frangible panel segment and having a lift end opposite said nose;a primary score groove in the central panel wall defining an outer perimeter of the frangible panel segment, the score groove having a first end adjacent the vent region, and a second end joined to the first end by a curvilinear segment of the score groove, the first end and the second end being separated by a generally linear hinge segment of the central panel wall, said hinge segment being non-frangible to integrally connect the frangible panel segment to an adjacent area of the panel; and,a second score groove having a tail portion passing from the frangible panel into said adjacent area of the central panel and transecting said hinge segment.