Patent ID: 8109406

Claim:
A beverage container, comprising in combination: a) a tubular can body having a side wall, b) said tubular body further having a neck portion of reduced diameter with respect to said side wall, c) a closure lid secured to the uppermost portion of said side wall, said closure lid having a score line defining an area of weakness, d) said closure lid having an anchor stem thereon, and e) a pull tab on said anchor stem of the closure lid, f) said pull tab further having a pair of spaced-apart substantially crescent-shaped cutouts, g) said crescent-shaped cutouts being disposed on opposite sides of said anchor stem and generally facing one another, h) said closure lid further having a peripheral groove, and i) said pull tab further having a generally oval configuration with peripheral portions thereof lying adjacent to and radially inside said peripheral lid groove, j) said pull tab having a puncturing nose, said puncturing nose being disposed between the pull tab and the anchor stem, said puncturing nose further being adapted to break through said area of weakness when force is applied to the pull tab, thereby to open the can.