EP1194337A4 - Beverage can lid with easy opening feature - Google Patents

Beverage can lid with easy opening feature

Info

Publication number: EP1194337A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: beverage; lid; easy opening; opening feature; feature
Prior art date: 1999-05-17
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP00941125A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1194337A1 (en

Inventor

Charles Chang

Lucy Chang

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Individual

Original Assignee

Individual

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1999-05-17

Filing date

2000-05-16

Publication date

2004-12-15

2000-05-16 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

2002-04-10 Publication of EP1194337A1 publication Critical patent/EP1194337A1/en

2004-12-15 Publication of EP1194337A4 publication Critical patent/EP1194337A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
- B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
- B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
- B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
- B65D2517/0001—Details
- B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
- B65D2517/0014—Action for opening container pivot tab and push-down tear panel
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
- B65D2517/0001—Details
- B65D2517/0058—Other details of container end panel
- B65D2517/0074—Local recess in container end panel
- B65D2517/0076—Local recess in container end panel located beneath tab contact point

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Containers Opened By Tearing Frangible Portions (AREA)

EP00941125A 1999-05-17 2000-05-16 Beverage can lid with easy opening feature Withdrawn EP1194337A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US31283799A	1999-05-17	1999-05-17
US312837		1999-05-17
PCT/US2000/013447 WO2000069735A1 (en)	1999-05-17	2000-05-16	Beverage can lid with easy opening feature

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1194337A1 EP1194337A1 (en)	2002-04-10
EP1194337A4 true EP1194337A4 (en)	2004-12-15

Family

ID=23213237

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP00941125A Withdrawn EP1194337A4 (en)	1999-05-17	2000-05-16	Beverage can lid with easy opening feature

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1194337A4 (en)
AU (1)	AU5587600A (en)
WO (1)	WO2000069735A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US20020113069A1 (en) *	2000-12-27	2002-08-22	Forrest Randy G.	Can end for a container
PL2969796T3 (en) *	2013-03-14	2017-09-29	Crown Packaging Technology, Inc	Beverage can end having an asymmetrical opening
TWI734639B (en)	2020-11-03	2021-07-21	統奕包裝股份有限公司	Cup lid

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3967752A (en) *	1972-09-28	1976-07-06	Reynolds Metals Company	Easy-open wall
US3977561A (en) *	1975-09-29	1976-08-31	Strobe Carl J	Can end with nondetachable tear tab and opening ring

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3618815A (en) *	1970-05-04	1971-11-09	Aluminum Co Of America	Easy-opening device for a container end
US4051976A (en) *	1974-10-17	1977-10-04	Walter Merton Perry	Container with attached closure
US4084721A (en) *	1972-03-02	1978-04-18	The Continental Group, Inc.	Container with attached closure
US3952912A (en) *	1972-03-02	1976-04-27	Walter Merton Perry	Container with attached closure

2000
- 2000-05-16 EP EP00941125A patent/EP1194337A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2000-05-16 AU AU55876/00A patent/AU5587600A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-05-16 WO PCT/US2000/013447 patent/WO2000069735A1/en not_active Ceased

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3967752A (en) *	1972-09-28	1976-07-06	Reynolds Metals Company	Easy-open wall
US3977561A (en) *	1975-09-29	1976-08-31	Strobe Carl J	Can end with nondetachable tear tab and opening ring

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO0069735A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2000069735A1 (en)	2000-11-23
EP1194337A1 (en)	2002-04-10
AU5587600A (en)	2000-12-05

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2002-02-22	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2002-04-10	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20011206
2002-04-10	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
2002-04-10	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI
2004-05-19	RBV	Designated contracting states (corrected)	Designated state(s): DE ES FR GB IT
2004-12-15	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20041029
2004-12-15	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: 7B 65D 17/32 A
2005-04-29	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2005-06-15	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20041201

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