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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Jason John Hall, Oxfordshire, GB;
Jason John Hall, Oxfordshire, GB;
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Abstract
An easily openable can end and associated methods include an end panel, a score line formed in the end panel to define a prearranged opening area, a tab, the tab having a handle and a rivet securing the tab to the end panel. In particular, the end panel of the can end is provided with at least one moveable portion contactable with the lower surface of the tab at a location between the rivet and the end of the handle of the tab, the moveable portion being deformable upwardly under influence of pressure to push against the lower surface of the tab and thereby incline the handle of the tab away from the end panel to define a gap under the tab.