American Can Company

Leonard Thomas LaCroce

Charles S Radtke

Combined can and closure

A full panel, easy-open container end closure includes a double-folded band formed in the removable panel adjacent the peripheral score, and an opening tab having a nose portion disposed adjacent the peripheral score and band. The tab is secured to a hinge section defined in the removable panel by a rupturable, bowed, generally U-shaped ancillary score which is disposed with its two ends adjacent the band and tab nose portion. This construction effectively reduces the intial rearward force required to effect panel removal.

Container end closure

An end cover or closure for an accurate pour style container that is particularly well suited for use with non-viscous liquids has included thereon a displaceable portion proximate the periphery which prescribes an opening in the cover that is size-limited by means of a short score in the panel having reversely-curled ends, there being a non-detachable pull tab attached to said displaceable portion with a pull ring for the tab disposed radially inwardly from the point of tab attachment; the tab and the displaceable portion of the cover when opened being adapted to pivot through about 90.degree. with the tab then assuming a thus stopped position generally perpendicular to the container end panel adjacently neighboring the side wall of the enclosed container so that the extended open tab can thereupon function as a very effective and efficient pour guide for effluent during container discharge. Safety features tending to resist hand opening by means of hold-down nibs of the so-called 'child-resistant' type may advantageously be incorporated in the pull ring design.

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Paramus, NJ, United States of America

Leonard Thomas LaCroce