ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,699, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DAIWA CAN COMPANY (Tokyo).
"Can lid tab and can lid" was invented by Masahiro Shiotani (Sagamihara, Japan) and Rio Miyashita (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can lid tab includes a flat plate-shaped attachment portion including a rivet hole to be attached to a rivet portion provided in a panel portion of a can lid, the attachment portion being in contact with the panel portion; a tip portion continuous with the attachment portion; and a finger hook portion formed on a side opposite to the tip portion across the attachment portion, at least an upper surface on a rear end side of...