Resealable pop top lid

A pop top lid for enclosing a top opening in a cylindrical fluid container, the pop top lid comprising:

• an end shell having an off-center scored line defining a tear panel;
• a stay-on tab assembly;
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• a rivet that attaches the stay-on tab assembly to the end shell for rotation, the stay-on tab assembly comprising:
• a pocketed tang comprising a central portion having a pivot hole that receives the rivet and having a top cover and a bottom plate spaced by a gap on a leading edge, the gap communicating with a tear panel capturing pocket, the pocketed tang and extending radially sufficiently to extend over the tear panel, the pocketed tang movable as an actuator portion opposite to the aperture point, liftable as a first-degree lever to form an aperture at the scored line with the aperture point, and rotatable in the first direction of rotation to insert the shearing edge into the aperture shearing the scored line to remove the tear panel from the end shell;
• an aperture point attached to the pocketed tang and rotatably positionable proximate to an inner edge of the scored line;
• a shearing edge attached to the central portion and radially extending behind the aperture point in a first direction of rotation about the pivot hole;
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• a flange of the bottom plate that assists in removal of the tear panel, directing the tear panel into the tear panel capturing pocket.