Patent ID: 8627978

Claim:
An easy-open can end for a can comprising: a score that is carved into an opening piece shape in an upper surface of a panel, an opening piece that is surrounded by the score, and a pull-tab that is fixed to a center in the upper surface of the panel with a rivet interposed therebetween, wherein the opening piece is pushed down to open the can while the score is rip-opened by a nose portion of the pull-tab, an inclined surface is formed in a direction of a tab tail of the pull-tab from the center of the panel such that the center of the panel becomes a maximum concave portion of the panel, and is closest to the bottom of the can a lower surface of the pull-tab abuts on or is brought close to the inclined surface along the inclined surface, the pull-tab has a pit in an outer rim, the pit being formed by pressing-down forming, and the pull-tab is bent at the pit; wherein the outer rim in which the pit is provided has a portion located between two lines tangential to an outer circumference of the rivet and orthogonal to a direction from the rivet toward the tab tail, and the pit is provided in said portion.