IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,611,515
Granted Patent B2
US 10,611,515 · App. 16/193,711 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Resealable beverage can lid

Inventor: Steven S Schuver (St. Louis, MO)
B65D17/4014B65D17/4012B65D2517/0025
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,611,515
App. No.
16/193,711
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resealable beverage can lid has a lid having a top side having a first scored opening and a bottom side, a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, the first rivet having an indentation formed in the bottom side of the lid, the first rivet having a scored first circumference, a tab portion connected to the first rivet, a second rivet connected to the indentation of the first rivet, and a closure element connected to the second rivet.

Claims (35)

1. A resealable beverage can lid comprising:

a lid having a top side having a scored opening and a bottom side;

a rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, the rivet having an indentation formed in the bottom side of the lid;

a tab portion connected to the rivet;

the top side having a scored circumference; and

a closure element positioned on the bottom side of the lid.

2. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 1 wherein the closure element comprises a main body having an extension portion.

3. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 2 wherein the main body portion comprises a generally oval shape that is capable of covering an opening formed in the lid by rupturing the scored opening.

4. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 1 wherein the closure element rotates from an opened position to a closed position.

5. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 1 wherein the scored opening is ruptured by the tab portion to form an opening in the lid and the closure element rotates to cover the opening.

6. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 1 wherein the closure element is initially positioned in an opened position and may be rotated to a closed position to cover an opening formed in the lid by rupturing the scored opening.

7. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 1 wherein the scored circumference is ruptured from the lid.

8. A resealable beverage can lid comprising:

a lid having a top side having a scored opening for forming an opening in the lid and a bottom side;

a rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid;

a tab portion connected to the rivet;

a pin formed in the lid and having a scored circumference; and

a closure element positioned on the bottom of the lid and connected to the pin, the closure element being sized and shaped to cover the opening formed in the lid.

9. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 8 wherein the closure element comprises a main body having an extension portion.

10. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 9 wherein the main body portion comprises a generally oval shape that is capable of covering the opening formed in the lid by rupturing the scored opening.

11. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 8 wherein the pin rotates the closure element once the scored circumference is ruptured.

12. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 8 wherein the pin extends out from the top side of the lid.

13. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 8 wherein the closure element is initially positioned in an opened position and may be rotated to a closed position to cover the opening formed in the lid by rupturing the scored opening.

14. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 8 wherein the closure element may be positioned at a first position and may be moved to a second position.

15. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 8 wherein the scored circumference surrounds the pin and the scored circumference is ruptured from the lid, the pin extends out from the top side of the lid and the pin rotates the closure element one the scored circumference is ruptured from the lid.

16. A resealable beverage can lid comprising:

a lid having a top side having a scored opening and a bottom side;

a rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, the rivet having an indentation formed in the bottom side of the lid;

a tab portion connected to the rivet;

the top side having a scored circumference; and

a closure element connected to the indentation formed in the bottom side of the lid.

17. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 16 further comprising a guide track formed in the bottom side of the lid for guiding movement of the closure element and the guide track further comprising an end having a stop.

18. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 17 wherein the guide track guides movement of the closure element from an opened position to a closed position.

19. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 16 wherein the closure element comprises a main body body portion that is capable of covering an opening formed in the lid by rupturing the scored opening.

20. The resealable beverage can lid of claim 16 wherein the closure element is initially positioned in an opened position and may be rotated to a closed position to cover an opening formed in the lid by rupturing the scored opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2020
From: SCHUVER, STEVEN S
To: SBH, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 15923789 · Mar 16, 2018
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