Patent ID: 7270246

Claim:
A non-circular can end for sealing a container having walls which form a non-circular container opening, said non-circular can end comprising: a recessed panel having a product side facing toward said container and a public side facing away therefrom; a number of safety folds integrally connected to the recessed panel; a non-circular score line adjacent to the safety folds that defines a severable panel portion in said recessed panel, said severable panel portion having a corner with a predetermined radius of curvature; a tab attached to said severable panel portion with a rivet at said corner thereof, said tab including a handle end and a nose end, said nose end structured to sever said scoreline at said corner when said handle end is lifted; a chuckwall having a first end and a second end, said first end of said chuckwall integral with said recessed panel; and a seaming portion integral with the second end of said chuckwall and structured to attach and secure said non-circular can end to the walls of said container with the scoreline located adjacent to the first end of the chuckwall.