US 11,787,597 B2
Resealable pop top lid
Gilbert P. Stengel, Jr., Burlington, KY (US); and Tracey Martinez, Waynesville, OH (US)
Filed by Gilbert P. Stengel, Jr., Burlington, KY (US); and Tracey Martinez, Waynesville, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,544.
Application 17/811,544 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/799,342, filed on Feb. 24, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/810,355, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396394 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 17/40 (2006.01); B65D 17/28 (2006.01); B65D 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 17/4014 (2018.01) [B65D 17/02 (2013.01); B65D 2517/0032 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pop top lid for enclosing a top opening in a cylindrical fluid container, the pop top lid comprising:
an end shell having an off-center scored line defining a tear panel;
a stay-on tab assembly; and
a rivet that attaches the stay-on tab assembly to the end shell for rotation, the stay-on tab assembly comprising:
a central portion having a pivot hole that receives the rivet;
an aperture point attached to the central portion and rotatably positionable proximate to an inner edge of the scored line;
a shearing edge attached to the central portion and radially extending behind the aperture point in a first direction of rotation about the pivot hole; and
an actuator portion attached to the central portion opposite to the aperture point, liftable as a first-degree lever to form an aperture at the scored line with the aperture point, and rotatable in the first direction of rotation to insert the shearing edge into the aperture shearing the scored line to remove the tear panel from the end shell.