Beverage can seal
OwnerMichael Cavellainventor
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Abstract
A seal for use on a container such as a beverage or food storage container and more specifically such as a soft drink, beer, or soup can where the seal prevents contamination of the rim or lip, trough and area adjacent to and surrounding the drinking aperture as well as between the drinking aperture and the nearest rim. The seal covers the inner surface of the rim but does not restrict use of 6-pack rings or the like, nor does the seal interfere with stacking of the cans. The seal further includes a peel tab.
Claims13
A seal for use on a food or beverage storage container where the container includes a cylindrical side wall with a pair of end walls defining a storage chamber therein, at least one of the end walls including a depressible door therein and an outwardly extending rim and trough circumferentially positioned in the radially outermost portion of the end wall, the seal comprising:
- an annular portion extending into and adhered to the trough and over an inner surface of the rim and further up onto and terminating at a top edge of the rim, whereby an outer surface of the rim is lacking of any seal thereby allowing for receiving of a 6-pack ring and whereby the annular portion is a thin membrane that allows for stacking of the containers;
- a door cover portion radially extending inward from the annular portion and adhering to the depressible door and an area adjacent thereto;
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- a pull tab attached to the seal and not adhered to the container.
A seal for use on a food or beverage storage container where the container includes a cylindrical side wall with a pair of end walls defining a storage chamber therein, at least one of the end walls including a depressible door therein and an outwardly extending rim and trough circumferentially positioned in the radially outermost portion of the end wall, the seal comprising:
- a thin membrane covering at least a portion of one of the end walls including the depressible door therein, where the thin membrane extends into and adheres to the trough in that end wall and over an inner surface of the rim adjacent the trough and further up onto and terminating at a top edge of the rim while an outer surface of the rim is lacking of any seal thereby allowing a 6-pack ring to be tightly fitted around the outer surface of the rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.