END PANEL FOR CONTAINERS

摘要

An end panel for a container is disclosed herein. The end panel has a tear strip defined by a weakened area of material, which has a leading end adjacent the periphery of the panel and a base end permanently attached to the main body of the panel. The area of weakened material produces a minimum residual along a portion of the leading end and the residual increases in thickness from the leading end to a maximum thickness at the base end. The configuration of the elongated tear strip is generally U-shaped and has a maximum transverse dimension along the leading edge and progressively reduces in transverse dimension from the leading edge down to an intermediate portion. The tear strip also has an integral rivet formed adjacent the leading end and the rivet has a further surrounding weakened area which has its radius located on the center of the rivet and circumscribes an arc of more than 180 DEG about the periphery of the rivet.