US Patent Issued to BALL COPORATION on July 29 for "Resealable can end with stay on tab" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,224, issued on July 29, was assigned to BALL COPORATION (Westminster, Colo.).

"Resealable can end with stay on tab" was invented by David J. Bonfoey (Broomfield, Colo.), Charles Carson (Westminster, Colo.) and John Siles (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reclosable beverage can end (10) has a circumferential curl (14) centered about a center longitudinal axis (50). A circumferential wall (15) extends downwardly from the curl (14) and inwardly towards the longitudinal axis (50). A center panel (12) is produced from a metallic material and centered about the longitudinal axis (50). The center panel (12) has a public ...