Patent ID: 6763963
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A case for opening and closing a drink can that has a cylindrical body having a rim whereon is crimped a lid with a frangible obturator, the obturator being adapted to open along a line of least resistance to form an aperture, and a link member having a first part that is generally parallel to and spaced from the lid and a second part that attaches the first part to the lid, the case comprising:a capture shaft adapted to receive the link member and to hold the link member while the case is rotated in a first plane transverse to the lid and in a second plane parallel to the lid; a rear edge with a clip adapted to removably clip to the crimped rim of the can when said capture shaft receives and holds the link member; a reinforced leading edge adapted to engage the frangible obturator and create the aperture when the case is rotated in the first plane; and a bottom adapted to close the aperture, wherein rotating the case in the second plane, after rotation in the first plane, reorients the bottom over the aperture, and clipping said clip to the crimped rim closes the aperture, wherein said capture shaft has a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the second plane, a chamber at an end of the longitudinal axis for receiving the link member, wherein an entrance to said chamber has means for holding the link member, wherein said capture shaft has walls that get closer together approaching said chamber and said means for holding the link member comprises a throat with a diameter smaller than a diameter of said chamber.