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US 6,202,881 B1Granted
Beverage container with easy cleaning upper panel
OwnerCharles N. Chianginventor
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Abstract
A beverage container includes an easy cleaning upper panel which has a flat opening portion and a lifting portion, wherein the flat opening portion can prevent the dirt from accumulating in the ring shaped indented groove formed around the upper panel of the conventional beverage container. Besides, an enlarged gap is sufficiently provided between a lifting portion on the upper panel and the lifting ring, so that the consumer can easily grip on the lifting ring. Moreover, a protective film is detachably attached on the upper panel so that the consumer may simply remove the protective film to obtain a clean panel surface for consuming the beverage.
Claims17
A beverage container, comprising:
- tubular can body;
- a concave bottom panel integrally formed at a bottom end of said can body;
- an upper panel integrally formed at a top end of said can body having a peripheral edge which is divided into a first segment and a second segment, wherein said upper panel is divided into an opening portion surrounded by a side edge thereof and said first segment of said peripheral edge and a lifting portion surrounded by said side edge of said opening portion and said second segment of said peripheral edge of said upper panel, wherein said first segment of said peripheral edge is flatly extended to said side edge to define a flat surface, and said lifting portion provides an indented area extending from said side edge of said opening portion to said second segment of said peripheral edge of said upper panel, and that a ring-shaped precut breaking line is formed around a valve member provided on said flat surface;
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- an opening device comprising a lifting ring, a pressing portion integrally formed with said lifting ring, an affixing portion formed between said lifting ring and said pressing portion, and a fixing member affixing said affixing portion to said upper panel, wherein said fixing member is affixed adjacent to said side edge of said opening portion, and that said lifting ring is extended above said lifting portion of said upper panel while said pressing portion is extended on said opening portion to define a gap between said lifting ring and said lifting portion of said upper panel, wherein when said pressing portion of said opening device presses on said opening portion of said upper panel by lifting up said lifting ring, said valve member is opened and an opening is formed along said precut breaking line.
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A beverage container, comprising:
- a tubular can body;
- a concave bottom panel integrally formed at a bottom end of said can body;
- an upper panel integrally formed at a top end of said can body, said upper panel has a peripheral edge and a flat top surface extended within a boundary defined by said peripheral edge, and a ring-shaped precut breaking line is formed around a valve member provided on said flat top surface, wherein a ring groove is formed around said top end of said can body right below said peripheral edge of said upper panel for reinforcing said flat top surface of said upper panel;
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- an opening device comprising a lifting ring, a pressing portion integrally formed with said lifting ring, an affixing portion formed between said lifting ring and said pressing portion, and a fixing member affixing said affixing portion to said upper panel, wherein said fixing member is affixed on said flat top surface, wherein a gap is defined between said lifting ring and said flat top surface of said upper panel, wherein when said pressing portion of said opening device presses on said upper panel by lifting up said lifting ring, said valve member is opened and an opening is formed along said precut breaking line.
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A beverage container, comprising:
- a tubular can body;
- a concave bottom panel integrally formed at a bottom end of said can body;
- an upper panel integrally formed at a top end of said can body having a peripheral edge which is divided into a first segment and a second segment, said upper panel being divided into an opening portion and a lifting portion, wherein said opening portion is a flat surface extending from said first segment of said peripheral edge to said lifting portion, and said lifting portion provides an indented area extending from said opening portion to said second segment of said peripheral edge, and that a ring-shaped precut breaking line is formed around a valve member provided on said flat surface;
- and an opening device comprising a lifting ring, a pressing portion integrally formed with said lifting ring, an affixing portion formed between said lifting ring and said pressing portion, and a fixing member affixing said affixing portion to said upper panel, wherein said fixing member is affixed on said lifting portion, and that said lifting ring is extended above said lifting portion of said upper panel while said pressing portion is extended on said flat surface of said opening portion to define a gap between said lifting ring and said lifting portion of said upper panel, wherein when said pressing portion of said opening device presses on said opening portion of said upper panel by lifting up said lifting ring, said valve member is opened and an opening is formed along said precut breaking line, wherein said indented area of said lifting portion of said upper panel is provided in groove shaped to merely receive said opening device therein.
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