Panel, and a container body and a container provided with such panel
AssigneeArdagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.
InventorFabrice Leboucher
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a panel including a peripheral edge to be connected to a container body of a container, and a tab connected to the panel, which tab includes a front tab part and a rear tab part for gripping and forming an opening in the panel, wherein the panel is provided with means preventing an external can structure to engage with the rear tab part, and to a can body and a can including such a panel.
Claims9
A panel comprising a peripheral edge to be connected to a container body of a container, and a tab connected to the panel with a central tab part, which tab comprises a front tab part and a rear tab part spaced from an upper surface of the panel for gripping and by pulling the rear tab part forming an opening in the panel with the front tab part, the rear tab part being oriented towards a center of the panel and the front tab part being oriented toward and near the peripheral edge of the panel, wherein the panel is provided with at least two elongated embosses extending adjacent and beneath the rear tab part of the tab with each of the at least two elongated embosses comprising an outer emboss part extending adjacent to the rear tab part and an inner emboss part extending beneath the rear tab part such that the rear tab part is nested in the two elongated embosses, with the rear tab part resting on the inner emboss part of the two elongated embosses and the outer emboss part of the two elongated embosses extending to a height maximally equal to a height of an upper side of the rear tab part, and
- wherein a spacing between the two elongated embosses is configured to prevent the external can structure from penetrating beneath the rear tab part while allowing for a finger access for gripping the rear tab part by penetration of a finger beneath the rear tab part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.