Easy opening can end

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an easy opening can end showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of an end panel of the easy opening can end of FIG. 1 with a pull tab removed; and,

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the easy opening can end of FIG. 1.

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Patent History
Patent number: D421907
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 12, 1998
Date of Patent: Mar 28, 2000
Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation (Alsip, IL)
Inventors: Terence Alexander Benge (Southmoor), Roger Mason Cole (Wantage)
Primary Examiner: Cathron B. Matta
Law Firm: Diller, Ramik & Wight, PC
Application Number: 0/84,857
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9438
International Classification: 0907;