Resealable beverage can lid
AssigneeSBH, Inc.
InventorsSteven S. Schuver, Richard Wise
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Abstract
A resealable beverage can lid has a lid having a top side having a score line forming a panel, a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, a second rivet formed in the panel and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, and a tab portion comprising a main body portion having a rear lifting portion, a first forward rupturing portion, a second forward rupturing portion, an opening formed in the body portion for forming a tongue having a first aperture, a second aperture, the tab portion connected to the first rivet through the first aperture and the second rivet through the second aperture.
Claims20
A resealable beverage can lid comprising:
- a lid having a top side having a score line forming a panel;
- a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;
- a second rivet formed in the panel and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;
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- a tab portion comprising a main body portion having a rear lifting portion, a first forward rupturing portion, a second forward rupturing portion, an opening formed in the body portion for forming a tongue having a first aperture, a second aperture, the tab portion connected to the first rivet through the first aperture and the second rivet through the second aperture.
A resealable beverage can lid comprising:
- a lid having a top side having a score line forming a detachable panel;
- a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;
- a second rivet formed in the detachable panel and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;
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- a tab portion comprising a main body portion having a rear lifting portion, a first forward rupturing portion, an extension portion having a second forward rupturing portion, an opening formed in the body portion for forming a tongue having a first rivet opening, the extension portion having a second rivet opening, the first rivet opening for receiving the first rivet and the second rivet opening for receiving the second rivet with the first rivet and the second rivet for connecting the tab portion to the top side of the lid.
A resealable beverage can lid comprising:
- a lid having a top side having a score line forming a panel with the panel capable of being separated from the lid along the score line, and a bottom side;
- a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;
- a second rivet formed in the panel and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;
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- a tab portion comprising a main body portion having a rear lifting portion, a first forward rupturing portion, a second forward rupturing portion, a U-shaped opening formed in the body portion for forming a semicircular tongue having a first rivet opening, a second rivet opening, the tab portion connected to the first rivet and the second rivet, the tab portion capable of movement about the first rivet with movement of the tab portion capable of moving the panel from a closed position to an opened position below the bottom side once the panel is separated from the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.