US 12,459,699 B2
Can lid tab and can lid
Masahiro Shiotani, Sagamihara (JP); and Rio Miyashita, Sagamihara (JP)
Assigned to DAIWA CAN COMPANY, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by DAIWA CAN COMPANY, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,048.
Application 18/058,048 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/020029, filed on May 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-092832 (JP), filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106536 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 17/34 (2006.01); B65D 17/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 17/34 (2018.01) [B65D 17/4012 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A can lid tab for use with a positive pressure can, the can lid tab comprising:
an attachment portion having a lower surface having a planar shape extending in a first plane, the attachment portion including a rivet hole configured to be attached to a rivet portion provided in a panel portion of a can lid, the attachment portion being configured to be in contact with the panel portion;
a tip portion extending continuously from the attachment portion in a first direction and terminating at a first end; and
a finger hook portion continuously extending from the attachment portion and terminating at a second end, the finger hook portion extending from the attachment portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
wherein an upper surface of the tip portion and an upper surface of the finger hook portion, from a first position adjacent to the first end of the tip portion to a second position adjacent to the second end of the finger hook portion, are inclined relative to the first plane of the attachment portion;
the finger hook portion having a thin portion that is thinner in a direction from the lower surface toward the upper surface of the finger hook portion than other portions of the finger hook portion, the thin portion extending in the second direction from the second position to the second end of the finger hook portion; and
the thin portion is formed by recessing of the upper surface of the finger hook portion in one of a flat shape or an inclined shape.