Patent ID: 8113375

Claim:
A can end configured to be attached to a can body, the can end comprising: an end panel including a movable portion; a score line in the end panel defining an openable panel portion; a pull tab including a nose, a handle capable of being actuated such that the pull tab ruptures the score line, and a medial portion defined between the nose and the handle, the medial portion is coupled to the end panel such that the nose is proximal to the score line and the handle overlay the movable portion of the end panel; the entire movable portion is disposed on a side of the medial portion opposite the nose, the movable portion is deformable between: an up position in which the movable portion is convex, as viewed from above the can end, such that a first distance is defined as a minimal spacing between a top portion of the movable portion and a bottom portion of the handle, and the portion of the movable portion is capable of contacting the bottom portion of the handle, and a down position in which the movable portion is concave, as viewed from above the can end, such that the movable portion is spaced apart from the handle and the first distance has expanded to a second distance that is substantially greater than the first distance so as to form a gap between the bottom portion of the handle and the top portion of the movable portion to facilitate access by a user's finger to the handle for actuating the handle; wherein (i) the movable portion is deformable from the up position to the down position before the handle has been actuated and the score line is ruptured, and (ii) the movable portion, after being deformed to the down position, remains in the down position after the handle has been actuated and the score line is ruptured.