Reinforced beverage can end with push down gate

In combination, a beverage can having cylindrical side-wall and a necked-down top portion reducing the diameter of the opening at the top of the can and a can end with a peripheral connection means about a center expansion panel of the end connecting the can end to the can body, the improvement comprising:

• (a) a tightly-folded, ring-shaped triple fold extended about the can end between the connection means and the center expansion panel, with an upper layer extending inwardly from the connection means, an outwardly folded intermediate layer and an inwardly folded bottom layer extending to the center expansion panel, and
• (b) a score-cut at the underside of said bottom layer partially extended through the bottom layer and adapted to permit the center expansion panel to be severed from the peripheral connection means and the triple fold and moved downwardly to open the can.

In combination, a beverage can having a cylindrical sidewall and an open top, and a can end with a peripheral connection means about a center expansion panel, the improvement comprising:

• (a) a tightly-folded, ring-shaped triple fold extended about the can end between said connection means and said center expansion panel, with an upper layer extending inwardly from the connection means, an outwardly folded intermediate layer and an inwardly folded bottom layer extending to the center expansion panel, and
• (b) a score-cut at the underside of said bottom layer partially extended through the bottom layer to encompass a sector of the center expansion panel defining a gate in the center expansion panel, wherein a hinge is formed across the center expansion panel between the opposite ends of the score-cut when said gate portion is pushed downwardly into the can.