Can closure provided with opening tab
OwnerHarry Edlundinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a can closure of plastic having a fastening flange around its periphery. A groove (5) is positioned inside the flange and inside the groove is a central portion (7) bowed inwardly in relation to the can. The groove (5) is interrupted by an up-bent elevation (9) extending substantially flush with the upper edge of the flange up to the central portion. An opening tab (11) extends along the elevation from adjacent the flange to near the center of said central portion (7).
Claims6
Can closure provided with opening tab and consisting of a plastic material or the like, including a peripheral fastening flange formed with a shank faced inwardly to the center of the closure and forming an outer side wall for a groove formed in the closure along the flange, the inner wall of the groove merging into a central portion, which relative to a plane through the upper edge of the flange is at least partly convexly shaped, characterized in that the groove along a smaller part of the peripheral flange is interrupted by a bent-up elevated portion, which is substantially flush with the upper edge of the flange and extends between said edge and the central portion, and that an opening tab extends from or near the flange along the elevated portion up to at least the transition to the central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.