Patent ID: 8733576

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; and a pull tab including a nose, a handle capable of being actuated such that the pull tab ruptures the score line, the pull tab is coupled to the end panel at a rivet that is disposed between the nose and the handle such that the handle overlays the movable portion of the end panel and an entirety of the movable portion is disposed on a side of the rivet opposite the nose, the movable portion being deformable between: an up position in which the movable portion is convex, as viewed from above the can end, such that a portion of the movable portion contacts a 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 forming a gap between the handle and the movable portion to facilitate access by a user's finger to the handle for actuating the handle; wherein 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 remains in the down position after the handle has been actuated and the score line is ruptured.