Patent ID: 6202881
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A beverage container, comprising:tubular can body;a concave bottom panel integrally formed at a bottom end of said can body;an upper panel integrally formed at a top end of said can body having a peripheral edge which is divided into a first segment and a second segment, wherein said upper panel is divided into an opening portion surrounded by a side edge thereof and said first segment of said peripheral edge and a lifting portion surrounded by said side edge of said opening portion and said second segment of said peripheral edge of said upper panel, wherein said first segment of said peripheral edge is flatly extended to said side edge to define a flat surface, and said lifting portion provides an indented area extending from said side edge of said opening portion to said second segment of said peripheral edge of said upper panel, and that a ring-shaped precut breaking line is formed around a valve member provided on said flat surface; andan opening device comprising a lifting ring, a pressing portion integrally formed with said lifting ring, an affixing portion formed between said lifting ring and said pressing portion, and a fixing member affixing said affixing portion to said upper panel, wherein said fixing member is affixed adjacent to said side edge of said opening portion, and that said lifting ring is extended above said lifting portion of said upper panel while said pressing portion is extended on said opening portion to define a gap between said lifting ring and said lifting portion of said upper panel, wherein when said pressing portion of said opening device presses on said opening portion of said upper panel by lifting up said lifting ring, said valve member is opened and an opening is formed along said precut breaking line.