ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,939, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DAIWA CAN COMPANY (Chiyoda-ku, Japan).
"Can lid" was invented by Toshiyuki Ohkoshi (Chiyoda-ku, Japan), Hirokazu Konagaya (Shizuoka, Japan), Tadayoshi Iwamaru (Mohka, Japan), Akira Yamamoto (Mohka, Japan) and Katsumi Ohshima (Mohka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can lid is provided to be made of a steel plate and easy to be opened. An opening piece is enclosed by a score line formed on a periphery of a panel portion. An installation portion of a tab is attached to the opening piece at a site close to a circumference of the opening piece. The tab includes a finger grip portion that is s...