ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,645, issued on Sept. 16.
"Can end for beverage can" was invented by Zuhair H. George (Warrington, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can end comprising an angled disk that descends from the rim of a beverage can, into the cavity of the beverage can at an angle. The can end comprises an angle of preferably 15-degrees to allow for a user to comfortably drink from the beverage can without the angled disk of the can end, touching the nose of the user. The can end includes a tab, a rivet, and a lid wherein a normal force applied to the tab will punch out the lid to reveal an opening wherein liquid may exit through the can end."
The pa...