EP3912923A4 - Closure lid for an "easy-open" container - Google Patents

Closure lid for an "easy-open" container Download PDF

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Publication number: EP3912923A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: container; easy; open; closure lid; closure
Prior art date: 2019-01-17
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP20742095.1A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3912923A1 (en

Inventor

Enrique MASTRAL Y LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA

José Manuel BLANCO CID

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Grupo Conservas Garavilla SL

Iberembal SL

Original Assignee

Grupo Conservas Garavilla SL

Iberembal SL

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2019-01-17

Filing date

2020-01-14

Publication date

2022-11-16

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2020-01-14 Application filed by Grupo Conservas Garavilla SL, Iberembal SL filed Critical Grupo Conservas Garavilla SL

2021-11-24 Publication of EP3912923A1 publication Critical patent/EP3912923A1/en

2022-11-16 Publication of EP3912923A4 publication Critical patent/EP3912923A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
- B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
- B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
- B65D17/4011—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening completely by means of a tearing tab
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
- B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
- B65D17/34—Arrangement or construction of pull or lift tabs
- B65D17/347—Arrangement or construction of pull or lift tabs characterised by the connection between the tab and a detachable member or portion of the container
- B65D17/353—Arrangement or construction of pull or lift tabs characterised by the connection between the tab and a detachable member or portion of the container the connecting means being integral with the tab or with the detachable member or portion
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
- B65D2517/0001—Details
- B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
- B65D2517/0016—Action for opening container pivot tab, push-down and pull-out tear panel
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
- B65D2517/0001—Details
- B65D2517/0058—Other details of container end panel
- B65D2517/0074—Local recess in container end panel
- B65D2517/0079—Local recess in container end panel located beneath tab hand grip to facilitate initial lifting

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Closures For Containers (AREA)

EP20742095.1A 2019-01-17 2020-01-14 Closure lid for an "easy-open" container Withdrawn EP3912923A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
ES201930077U ES1227529Y (en)	2019-01-17	2019-01-17	CLOSING COVER FOR AN EASY OPENING CONTAINER
PCT/ES2020/070020 WO2020148473A1 (en)	2019-01-17	2020-01-14	Closure lid for an "easy-open" container

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3912923A1 EP3912923A1 (en)	2021-11-24
EP3912923A4 true EP3912923A4 (en)	2022-11-16

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP20742095.1A Withdrawn EP3912923A4 (en)	2019-01-17	2020-01-14	Closure lid for an "easy-open" container

Country Status (12)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP3912923A4 (en)
AR (1)	AR118416A4 (en)
BR (1)	BR112020026380A2 (en)
CL (1)	CL2020003351U1 (en)
CR (1)	CR20210004U (en)
EC (1)	ECSMU21002609U (en)
ES (1)	ES1227529Y (en)
MA (1)	MA52378A1 (en)
PE (1)	PE20210736Z (en)
SK (1)	SK8973Y1 (en)
UY (1)	UY4775U (en)
WO (1)	WO2020148473A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
TWI734639B (en) *	2020-11-03	2021-07-21	統奕包裝股份有限公司	Cup lid

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US3838788A (en) *	1973-03-15	1974-10-01	Dorn Co V	Can end construction
US4042144A (en) *	1976-11-10	1977-08-16	Van Dorn Company	Pull tab construction for full panel pull-out ends for easy opening cans
US4383621A (en) *	1980-07-09	1983-05-17	Cebal	Pull tab for an easy opening can
US20040099665A1 (en) *	2002-11-27	2004-05-27	Mceldowney Carl F.	Easy-opening can end and a conversion press and tools for producing the same
ES1201686U (en) *	2017-11-23	2017-12-19	Grupo Conservas Garavilla, S.L.	Closure cover for an easy opening container (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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2019
- 2019-01-17 ES ES201930077U patent/ES1227529Y/en active Active
2020
- 2020-01-14 CR CR20210004U patent/CR20210004U/en unknown
- 2020-01-14 MA MA52378A patent/MA52378A1/en unknown
- 2020-01-14 WO PCT/ES2020/070020 patent/WO2020148473A1/en unknown
- 2020-01-14 PE PE2020002114U patent/PE20210736Z/en unknown
- 2020-01-14 EP EP20742095.1A patent/EP3912923A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2020-01-14 BR BR112020026380-0A patent/BR112020026380A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2020-01-14 UY UY0001004775U patent/UY4775U/en unknown
- 2020-01-16 AR ARM200100116U patent/AR118416A4/en active IP Right Grant
- 2020-01-17 SK SK500022020U patent/SK8973Y1/en unknown
- 2020-12-22 CL CL2020003351U patent/CL2020003351U1/en unknown
2021
- 2021-01-14 EC ECSENADI20212609U patent/ECSMU21002609U/en unknown

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3838788A (en) *	1973-03-15	1974-10-01	Dorn Co V	Can end construction
US4042144A (en) *	1976-11-10	1977-08-16	Van Dorn Company	Pull tab construction for full panel pull-out ends for easy opening cans
US4383621A (en) *	1980-07-09	1983-05-17	Cebal	Pull tab for an easy opening can
US20040099665A1 (en) *	2002-11-27	2004-05-27	Mceldowney Carl F.	Easy-opening can end and a conversion press and tools for producing the same
ES1201686U (en) *	2017-11-23	2017-12-19	Grupo Conservas Garavilla, S.L.	Closure cover for an easy opening container (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO2020148473A1 *

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Publication number	Publication date
BR112020026380A2 (en)	2021-03-23
WO2020148473A1 (en)	2020-07-23
ES1227529Y (en)	2019-06-21
UY4775U (en)	2020-07-31
AR118416A4 (en)	2021-10-06
SK8973Y1 (en)	2021-01-13
ECSMU21002609U (en)	2022-01-31
EP3912923A1 (en)	2021-11-24
ES1227529U (en)	2019-04-02
PE20210736Z (en)	2021-04-19
MA52378A1 (en)	2021-10-29
CR20210004U (en)	2021-04-23
CL2020003351U1 (en)	2021-08-06
SK500022020U1 (en)	2020-08-03

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2022-11-16	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20221019
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