Patent ID: 8146768
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B41M,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tab for a container having a selectively openable panel defined at least in part by a frangible score groove in a surface of the container, the frangible score groove selectively fracturable by a lifting action administered by a user to the tab, the tab comprising: a nose portion; a lift end opposite the nose portion; a central webbing between the nose portion and the lift end, the central webbing having a hinge region and a rivet island, the rivet island being at least partially surrounded by a first void region, the central webbing further having a grab portion at the lift end of the tab, the grab portion having an enclosed region defining a billboard surface having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side; and a bead created by a displaced portion of the central webbing located on the billboard surface comprising relief features of the tab material on the top and bottom sides of the billboard surface.