Beverage can sanitary seal

A single use sanitary seal for a beverage can, said can having a bottom end wall connected to a cylindrical side wall that has an axially tapered;

• upper skirt adjacent an upper band that is affixed to a top end wall with a crimp rim where said top end wall has a rim gutter forming a circular trough around said top end wall, adjacent said crimp rim;
• said sanitary seal comprising:
• a cylindrical body with a closed top thereon having an upward circular dome formed across an entire width of said closed top;
• a generally planar, circular seal ring formed about a circumferential perimeter of said domed top;
• an inner side wall extending upward at an angle from a circular edge of said circular seal ring;
• a horizontal lip extending from a peripheral circular edge of said inner side wall;
• a flange extending from said horizontal lip;
• an axially tapered side wall skirt shield ring extending from said flange;
• a wiper ring having a compressible inner ring extending downward from an inner surface of said seal ring, and a compressible outer ring formed at a bottom corner of said inner side wall, wherein said inner ring and said outer ring are adjacent and in a spaced configuration with each sized for frictional sealing engagement within said rim gutter of said beverage can;
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• wherein said flange has an outer ring which narrows and angles inward to form a smaller diameter capture band, and wherein said flange is dimensioned for complete contact with all external surfaces of said crimp rim, said outer ring contacting a circular exposed side wall of said crimp rim, and said capture band contacting a bottom edge of said crimp rim;
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• wherein said capture band also contacts said can's upper band and is dimensionally sized for engagement with a conventional six-pack ring.