Combination beverage can opener and cover

A combination beverage can opener and cover comprising:

• a semicircular sheet of plastic having a top surface, a concave bottom surface and a straight diametric edge interrupted by a generally semicircular notch at a center point thereof with the top surface tapering from a first elevation to a lesser elevation at said diametric edge, and an arcuate tab connected by a living hinge to a circumferential edge midway along its circular perimeter.

A combination beverage can opening and cover for use with a beverage can having a circular lid with a scored closure overlaid by a lever member held by a rivet to the lid and with an upwardly projecting circular rim, the beverage can opener and cover comprising:

• (a) a semicircular sheet of plastic having a top surface, a concave bottom surface and a straight diametric edge interrupted by a generally semicircular notch at a center point of the diametric edge, the diametric edge being of a length corresponding to a diameter of the can's circular lid and having an arcuate tab held by a living hinge to a circumferential edge of the sheet midway along its circular perimeter, the sheet adapted to be fitted between the lever member and the lid with the rivet as a pivot point contained within the semicircular notch, the sheet being rotatable about the rivet between a first location underlying the lever and a second location overlaying the scored closure, the arrangement being such that by lifting the arcuate tab with the sheet in its first location, the lever is lifted to rupture the scored closure and when the sheet is subsequently rotated to the second location, an opening in the lid resulting from the rupture is covered.

The combination beverage can opening and cover of claim 13 wherein folding the arcuate tab about the living hinge so that the tab resides between the sheet and the lid with the sheet in the second location creates a narrow slit between the living hinge and the can's upwardly projecting circular rim through which contents of the can may trickle when the can is inverted.