BOTTLE CROWN WITH OPENER ASSEMBLY

摘要

A crown for a bottle or other container has a top portion and an annular skirt that descends contiguously from the top portion. An opener assembly and an arrangement of frangible scoring lines on the crown allow for ease of opening the bottle or container. Corrugated embodiments provide material strengthening for a reduced gauge crown.

主权项

1. A frangible reduced gauge crown for a container opening, the crown comprising:
a top portion having a recessed attachment portion, wherein the recessed attachment portion corrugates the top portion; an annular skirt descending from the top portion and terminating at a bottom annular edge; an opener assembly attached to the top at the attachment portion; a frangible scoring arrangement comprising:
a first scoring line extending in a continuous radial direction from the attachment portion to the bottom edge of the skirt; anda second curvilinear scoring line comprising:
an upper radial segment extending in a continuous radial direction from the attachment portion of the top to the annular sidewall of the skirt, anda lower annular segment extending circumferentially along the annular side wall of the skirt from the upper radial segment to an endpoint substantially spaced from the bottom annular edge of the skirt.