Patent ID: 8371467

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, 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 with the movable portion extending beyond a distal end of the handle; the entire movable portion is disposed on a side of the rivet 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 portion of the movable portion is spaced from a portion of the handle by a first narrow gap, 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 second gap between the handle and the movable portion, the second gap being wider than the first gap so as 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.