Patent ID: 8011527

Claim:
A can end for a two-piece container, the can end comprising: a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis, the center panel comprising a peripheral edge including a panel radius, the panel radius comprising a center of curvature below a product side of the center panel; a countersink comprising an inner wall joined to the panel radius and extending downwardly relative thereto, a first curved portion having a first end joined to the inner wall, a short wall joined to a second end of the first curved portion and extending radially outwardly and substantially horizontally from the first curved portion, a second curved portion joined to the short wall and extending upwardly and radially outwardly therefrom, wherein the first curved portion has a first radius of curvature, and the second curved portion has a second radius of curvature, the second radius of curvature being greater than the first radius of curvature wherein the second radius of curvature has a center point located radially inwardly of a center point of the first radius of curvature; a wall extending upwardly from the countersink; and a curl joined to the wall.