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US 2002/0158071 A1Published application
Beverage can end with outwardly extending reinforcing bead
OwnerHoward C. Chasteen, Mark A. Jacoberinventors
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a beverage can end having an outwardly concave reinforcing bead with an upper lip which extends outwardly beyond a substantially vertical plane defined by a downwardly extending chuck wall.
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A metallic beverage can end comprising:
- a peripheral cover hook adapted for interconnection to an upper end of a beverage can body;
- a chuck wall dependent from an interior of the cover hook, and extending downwardly at a chuck wall angle θ1;
- an outwardly concave annular reinforcing bead extending radially inwards from a lower end of said chuck wall and having an upper lip which extends outwardly beyond a plane defined by said chuck wall angle θ1;
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- a lower lip extending upwardly from said outwardly concave annular reinforcing bead and interconnected to a central panel.
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A metallic beverage can end, comprising:
- a peripheral cover hook adapted for interconnection to a beverage can body;
- a chuck wall integrally interconnected to said peripheral cover hook and extending downward at a chuck wall angle θ1 to define a chuck wall plane;
- a reinforcing bead having an upper lip on an upper end and a lower lip on a lower end, said upper lip interconnected to a lower end of said chuck wall, wherein said reinforcing bead has at least a portion which extends outwardly beyond said chuck wall plane toward a side wall of the beverage can;
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- a central panel interconnected to said lower lip of said annular reinforcing bead.
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A beverage can end, comprising:
- a substantially circular end wall adapted for interconnection to a beverage can body;
- a chuck wall integrally interconnected to said substantially circular end wall and extending downward at a chuck wall angle θ, as defined from a substantially vertical plane;
- a reinforcing bead having an upper lip on an upper end and a lower lip on a lower end, said upper lip interconnected to a lower end of said chuck wall and having at least a portion which extends outwardly beyond said substantially vertical plane and toward a side wall of the beverage can;
- a central panel interconnected to said lower lip of said reinforcing bead;
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- an opening means interconnected to said central panel for selectively opening said beverage can end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.