Abstract: A beverage can opener which comprises--in combination with the top of a metallic beverage can--a hinged-end tear strip defined on said top by scoring thereof, a hinged-end tear flap defined on said top by scoring thereof, the tear strip and tear flap being spaced diametrically on the can top, an initially separate finger-engageable, ring-form pull tab connected to the tear strip exteriorly of and initially flush with the can top, and an initially separate tension strap connected between the tear strip and the tear flap internally of the can and initially flush with the underside of the can top; sequential manual lifting of and pulling motion on the pull tab severing said tear strip, except at one end providing a hinge, from the can top whereby a vent is formed in said can top; such motion--at the same time and as a transmitted force imposed by the tension strap on the tear flap--severing said tear flap, except at one end providing a hinge, from the can top and bending such tear flap into the can, thus produci