Container easy open end - has sectionalised depressible opener tab allowing controlled release of pressure

摘要

The easy open container component comprises a panel and a depressible tab provided with a primary section and a primary hinge portion formed integrally with the primary tab section and the panel. A secondary tab is formed integrally with the primary tab section. A selectively weakened secondary hinge portion runs substantially fully across and connects the secondary to the primary tab section. The primary and secondary tab sections are fully severed from and selectively overlapped by the panel except in the area of the primary hinge portion. This hinge arrangement permits depression of only one tab section to obtain initial separation of the tab from the container component and a controlled release of internal container pressure.