Title: Bottle cap with ring shaped tearing element

Abstract: A tear tab closure for containers comprises a cap having a top, a downwardly depending skirt, a tear tab projecting from the skirt and terminating in a finger ring. The tear tab is relatively short and the finger ring is secured thereto by any suitable mechanical or adhesive fastening means. The finger ring is of large enough inside diameter to facilitate capture of the finger ring by a finger of the user and it may be disposed to lie at the side of the container or it may be large enough in diameter to encircle the container in close proximity thereto.

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Inventors: Magnusson, Sven-Ake (Kungalv, SE)

Application Number: 923088
Filing Date: 1978-07-10
Publication_date: 1980-10-14
Assignee: Wicanders GmbH (Dusseldorf, DE)
Primary Class(es): 215/255
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

Re28862	Jun, 1976	Siemonsen	215/255.
1052382	Feb, 1913	Schmitt	215/254.
1058640	Apr, 1913	Stenius	215/254.
1612927	Jan, 1927	Kuhne	215/255.
2068444	Jan, 1937	Breckenridge	215/254.
2571898	Oct, 1951	Kondakow	215/255.
3320767	May, 1967	Whalen	220/270.
3370169	Feb, 1968	Bozek	220/270.
3380609	Apr, 1968	Potts	215/254.
3785519	Jan, 1974	Huh	215/254.
3902621	Sep, 1975	Hidding	215/254.

Other Refs: 81093193090632861424174 of7733341260820

Jun, 1951	DE
Feb, 1948	FR
Aug, 1935	IT
, 1910	GB
Apr, 1957	GB
Jan, 1972	GB

Primary Examiner: Hall, George T.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond