Tab with emboss and deboss beads
AssigneeRexam Beverage Can Company
InventorsRandall G. Forrest, Timothy L. Turner
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AssigneeRexam Beverage Can Company
InventorsRandall G. Forrest, Timothy L. Turner
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A container has a selectively openable panel defined at least in part by a frangible score groove in a surface of the container. The frangible score groove is selectively fracturable by a lifting action administered by a user to a secured to the container. The tab has a nose portion separated from a lift end by a central webbing. The central webbing has a hinge region and a rivet island. The rivet island is at least partially surrounded by a first void region. The central webbing also has a grab portion at the lift end of the tab. The grab portion has an enclosed region defining a billboard surface. The billboard surface has a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side. A bead created by displacing the material of the central webbing is located on the billboard surface. A pigment-carrying layer covers at least a portion of the billboard surface. A tactile indicium is located on the billboard surface.
A tab for a container having a selectively openable panel defined at least in part by a frangible score groove in a surface of the container, the frangible score groove selectively fracturable by a lifting action administered by a user to the tab, the tab comprising:
A tab for a container having a selectively openable panel defined at least in part by a frangible score groove in a surface of the container, the frangible score groove selectively fracturable by a lifting action administered by a user to the tab, the tab comprising:
A can end for a container comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.