Beverage container end closure with easy opening features for a pull tab

a technology of end closures and pull tabs, which is applied in the field of beverage container end closures with easy opening features, can solve the problems of difficulty in accessing the underside of the tab, difficulty in performing various opening functions, and frustration in opening containers, etc., and achieves the effects of improving normal force, increasing normal force, and improving geometry

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-02-21
BALL CORP
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[0011]In various embodiments, an end closure with a deep fingerwell and improved geometry is provided to allow access to a pull tab and provide for increased normal force to be imparted upon the pull tab. For example, the present invention contemplates the provision of a fingerwell preferably sized to allow for user access to a pull tab and allow for greater normal force to be applied to the pull tab when compared with known devices. It is known, for example, that existing pull tabs are not only difficult to access but further result in a significant amount of the force being applied to the pull tab in a direction

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Many users of conventional devices, such as SOTs for pressurized containers, have difficulty performing various opening functions.
Opening of containers may be frustrated by, for example, difficulty in accessing the underside of a tab, pressure being applied to s

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[0027]The present invention has significant benefits across a broad spectrum of endeavors. It is the applicant's intent that this specification and the claims appended hereto be accorded a breadth in keeping with the scope and spirit of the invention being disclosed despite what might appear to be limiting language imposed by the requirements of referring to the specific examples disclosed. To acquaint persons skilled in the pertinent arts most closely related to the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the method that illustrates the best mode now contemplated for putting the invention into practice is described herein by, and with reference to, the annexed drawings that form a part of the specification. The exemplary method is described in detail without attempting to describe all of the various forms and modifications in which the invention might be embodied. As such, the embodiments described herein are illustrative, and as will become apparent to those skilled in the ar...

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Abstract

An end closure for food and beverage containers is provided. The end closure comprises a central panel portion having a recessed fingerwell for facilitating access to and manipulation of a pull tab. The fingerwell may further comprise features such as rounded edges for reducing risks of laceration and increasing accessibility.

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[0001]The present application claims priority to pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 525,574, filed Aug. 19, 2011, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to beverage container end closures. More specifically, the present invention relates to beverage container end closures with pull tabs and easy opening features including a deep fingerwell positioned proximate to the pull tab.BACKGROUND[0003]Food and beverage containers with pull tabs or stay-on-tabs (“SOTs”) are generally known. Various SOTs and related features are disclosed in, by way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,926,675 to Rieck et al., the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Known devices, however, generally position a distal or “tail” end of a pull tab in close proximity to the panel of the end closure to allow stacking of the end closures prior to and...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D17/34
CPCB65D17/165B65D2517/0079B65D2517/0062B65D2517/0014B65D17/4012
Inventor FRANK, DENNIS KEITH
Owner BALL CORP
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