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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1993
John P Shock, Little Rock, AR (US);
Other;
Abstract
A resilient, modular closure for selectively sealing an opening in a pry tab beverage can. The closure comprises a handle perpendicularly extending from an integral body. The handle is grasped between the thumb and the forefinger of the user. The body comprises a downwardly-projecting, beveled offset adapted to mate with the can opening, and a notch adapted to wedgably engage the pry tab. The ventral surface of the body comprises a circumferential ridge adapted to contact a top of a beverage can to seal around the opening or to mate with a reinforcement channel surrounding the can opening. Raised guides are defined along the dorsal surface of the notch for captivating the pry tab during installation of the closure. A snap fit yieldably engages the rim of the can when the closure is installed. The snap fit comprises a rim-receptive slot. A stop extends rearwardly from the body to contact an inner surface of the rim, and an 'L' shaped jaw extends downwardly from the handle. A horizontal leg of the jaw catches on the lower outer surface of the rim when the closure is forced downwardly and the can rim enters the slot between the horizontal leg and the stop.
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