Patent ID: 6951293

Claim:
An end closure for a container including a central panel wall having a product side, a public side, a rivet, and a displaceable tear panel in said central panel wall at least substantially defined by a frangible score and a non-frangible hinge segment, comprising: a tab being attached to the public side of the central panel wall by the rivet, at least a nose portion of said tab extending over a portion of the tear panel, a lift end of said tab being opposite said tab nose; a central webbing of said tab between said nose and said lift end, said central webbing having a downwardly extending anti-rotation member in communication with the public side of the central panel wall; and a spring force provided by said anti-rotation member against the central panel wall for increasing a torque required to rotate said tab, the spring force caused by an upward deflection of a portion of the central webbing caused by communication of the anti-rotation member with the central panel.