Patents by Inventor Jiro Arii

Jiro Arii has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Can top with an overturnable tab
    Patent number: 5494184
    Abstract: A can top end includes a disc-shaped panel having a disc-shaped flat section an outer periphery to be engaged with an upper end of a can body, and a stay-on type tab attached on the flat section of the panel. The disk-shaped flat section has a primary score to define a primary scored portion surrounded by the primary score and the flat section further includes a secondary score to define a secondary scored portion surrounded by the secondary score. The tab has a connecting portion rotatably connected to a center portion of the flat section around an axis perpendicular to the flat section and the tab has both a pull-up end and a push-down end. The primary scored portion is located below the push-down end of the tab to enable the primary scored portion to be opened by pulling up the pull-up end of the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Noguchi, Jiro Arii, Ichiro Yonezawa, Sadao Nishiyama, Hiroaki Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Murai