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US 5,695,086 AGranted
Closure device for pet food cans
OwnerCharles A. Violainventor
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Abstract
A closure device (10) for pet food cans comprising a central cover member (12) and an outer cover member (14) which are integrated into the shape of a pet having protruding features (16), said protruding features providing a means of prying the device. Extending downwardly from the cover members (12 and 14) are a plurality of concentric annular bands (18), each having a bead or rib (20) extending inwardly from the inner surface.
Claims1
A closure device for covering containers having various sized diameters with an outer lip comprising:
- a lid having an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface, said upwardly facing surface shaped to resemble an animal,
- concentric annular bands of various diameters depending downwardly from said downwardly facing surface of the lid, each annular band having an annular rib or bead extending inwardly, each annular rib or bead of each annular band fitting to engage the outer lip of a corresponding sized container,
- said lid having an outer periphery, a pair of lifting tabs extending radially beyond said outer periphery and axially above said annular ribs or beads, said tabs being formed into the likeness of the ears of said animal, said ears being molded in one piece with said lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.