Drink straw can
AssigneeAluminum Company of America
InventorsScott C. Biondich, Dean J. Wainer, Robert J. Falkenberg
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Abstract
A pressurized can for beverage having a small opening in its lid which is sealed with a patch on the inside of the lid and which is adapted to receive a drink straw removably attached to the outside of the can.
Claims10
In a metal can lid for a can holding beverage under a positive pressure that may exceed 40 psig, said lid having a public side and a product side, the improvement comprising a small aperture in said lid and a patch of tearable sheet sealing material having a thickness less than about 0.015 inch covering said aperture on the product side of said lid and adhered to said product side by an adhesive having a shear strength sufficient to prevent said patch from being forced through said aperture by pressure in the can, said patch doming outwardly into said aperture by pressure in the can without bursting and being breakable by a piercing point on a straw to provide access to beverage in a can on which said lid is secured.
In a substantially rigid can and lid for holding beverage under a positive pressure that may exceed 40 psig, said lid having a public side and a product side, the improvement comprising a small aperture in said lid and a patch of tearable sheet sealing material having a thickness less than about 0.015 inch covering said aperture on the product side of said lid and adhered to said product side by an adhesive having a shear strength sufficient to present said patch from being forced through said aperture by pressure in the can, said patch doming outwardly into said aperture by pressure in the can without bursting and being breakable by a piercing point on a straw to provide access to beverage in the can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.