Resealable easy open closure and can

In combination, a can and an easy openable resealable closure for said can,

• said can comprising a hollow body closed at a first end and an internal annular restraining ledge adjacent to an opposite second end closed by said closure;
• said closure comprising a detent portion structured and arranged to fit beneath said restraining ledge, said closure being sufficiently flexible so that it may be pulled from beneath the restraining ledge and thereby be removed from the can and then snapped back into re-engagement with the restraining ledge to reseal the closure to the can;
• a pull tab on said closure for pulling the closure;
• said can further having a flat external ledge extending externally from the second end and the closure has a peripheral portion designed to engage said external ledge;
• said closure further including a depending annular collar positioned inwardly of said external ledge and said detent portion being located on said collar;
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• sealing means on at least one of said peripheral portion and said external ledge.

In combination, a can and an easy openable resealable closure for said can,

• said can comprising a hollow body closed at a first end and an internal annular restraining ledge adjacent to an opposite second end closed by said closure;
• said closure comprising a detent portion structured and arranged to fit beneath said restraining ledge, said closure being sufficiently flexible so that it may be pulled from beneath the restraining ledge and thereby be removed from the can and then snapped back into re-engagement with the restraining ledge to reseal the closure to the can;
• a pull tab on said closure for pulling the closure;
• said can further having a flat external ledge extending externally from the second end and the closure has a peripheral portion designed to engage said external ledge;
• said closure further including a depending annular collar positioned inwardly of said external ledge and said detent portion being located on said collar;
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• sealing means on said peripheral portion and said external ledge.

In combination, a can and an easy openable resealable closure for said can,

• said can comprising a hollow body closed at a first end and an internal annular restraining ledge adjacent to an opposite second end closed by said closure;
• said closure comprising:
• a detent portion structured and arranged to fit beneath said restraining ledge, said closure being sufficiently flexible so that it may be pulled from beneath the restraining ledge and thereby be removed from the can and then snapped back into re-engagement with the restraining ledge to reseal the closure to the can;
• a fixed end attached to said second end, said fixed end having an opening therein, said annular restraining ledge being attached to said fixed end along the periphery of said opening, said fixed end including a curled portion formed inwardly along the periphery of said curled portion, said curled portion having an annular recess defining said internal annular restraining ledge;
• said restraining ledge being located below the surface of said fixed end;
• said annular recess having an annular sealing ledge spaced from and opposite to said internal annular restraining ledge and said detent portion of said closure being structured and arranged to enter said recess between said annular restraining ledge and said annular sealing ledge;
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• a pull tab on said closure for pulling the closure.

In combination, a can and an easy open resealable closure for said can, said can comprising:

• a hollow body closed at one end;
• an integral rim at an opposite end;
• an integral curled element formed on said rim, said curled element having a convexedly curved surface facing inwardly of the rim and disposed below the top surface thereof, said curved surface halving an annular recess therein defined by spaced restraining and sealing ledges;
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• said resealable closure comprising:
• an end member having a peripheral edge shaped to enter the recess and be retained thereby, the end member being hermetically, peelably sealable to the sealing ledge such that said end member may be released therefrom by peeling movement in a first direction and re-engaged therewith by movement in an opposite direction, the end member being sufficiently flexible such that (i) as the end member moves away from the rim, the end member flexes to decrease an effective diameter thereof, thereby moving the peripheral portion out of the recess and out of engagement with the curled element to thereby unseal the container and allow access to the inside thereof and (ii) as the end member moves back towards the rim to reseal the container, the peripheral edge of the end member is bent by the convex surface of the chime to reduce the effective diameter thereof to allow the peripheral edge to move over the convex surface of the curled element and into the recess thereof to reseal the container;
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• a pull tab for moving the closure in the first direction.