Abstract: A sheet steel easy open can lid made by a resin-laminated sheet steel and not requiring repair coating of the inner and outer surfaces thereof, wherein use is made of a sheet steel laminated with a resin such as polyester and a tear-along groove, having as its main constituent element at the peripheral edge of the opening piece a thin portion having the specified minimum thickness is formed by composite cold-forming. The part or substantially all of this can lid can be easily opened by hand.

Abstract: A safe opening container lid having a bead side plate portion and a removable plate portion. The bead side plate portion has a first loop portion formed at the outer side of a tear line defining a removable plate portion, the loop portion being bent upwardly from the portion where the tear line is formed, the return portion of the loop portion that returns toward the tear line being spaced apart from the tear line forming portion, and the return portion being further bent outwardly at a position inward of the tear line. The removable plate portion has a second loop portion formed at the inner side of the tear line, the second loop portion being bent downwardly from the portion where the tear line is formed, the return portion of the second loop portion that returns toward the tear line being spaced apart from the tear line forming portion, and the return portion being further bent inwardly at a position outward of the tear line.

Abstract: A safe opening container lid having a bead side plate portion and a removable plate portion. The bead side plate portion has a first loop portion formed at the outer side of a tear line defining a removable plate portion, the loop portion being bent upwardly from the portion where the tear line is formed, the return position of the loop portion that returns toward the tear line being spaced apart from the tear line forming portion, and the return portion being further bent outwardly at a position inward of the tear line. The removable plate portion has a second loop portion formed at the inner side of the tear line, the second loop portion being bent downwardly from the portion where the tear line is formed, the return portion of the second loop portion that returns toward the tear line being spaced apart from the tear line forming portion, and the return portion being further bent inwardly at a position outward of the tear line.

Abstract: A container lid having a removable portion which can be torn off by a tear tab. It has an upwardly projecting wall defining the periphery of the removable portion and formed by bending the plate from which the lid is formed. The wall protects a person opening the container against any injury by the torn edge of the removable portion. The wall also contributes to reducing the force which is required for tearing off the removable portion.

Abstract: A safe opening container lid having an annular inclined portion 4 sloping obliquely downwardly from the bead 3 of the lid surrounding the container lip, and a loop portion 7 bent outwardly from the innermost peripheral edge 5 of the inclined portion and returning back to a position slightly outward of such peripheral edge. A central plate 9 continues from the inner edge of the loop portion across a tear line 8, and a finger tab 10 is fixed to the plate such that its tip 11 is positioned at the tear line.

Abstract: The periphery of a tearably detachable portion of a sheet such as the lid of a pop-top can is weakened by cutting a groove around the periphery. The portion is then recessed by a die set, the periperhy of the portion being further weakened by plastic deformation.

Abstract: The periphery of a tearably detachable portion of a sheet such as the lid of a pop-top can is weakened by forming a continuous thin wall at the periphery of the detachable portion. The thin wall is then folded to further weaken the periphery of the detachable portion.