The invention relates to a lid (10) consisting of metal, in particular of aluminum. For a beverage can or the like, which lid is designed to be permanently connected to a can body and has a lid panel (20) on which a rivet (40) for a grip tab (14) is formed and in which a predetermined breaking line (34) defining a breaking open area is impressed, along which line an opening in the lid panel (20) can be opened by means of the grip tab (14), wherein a rivet base (47), which has resulted from a formation of the rivet (40), is present around the rivet (40), within which base the metal of the lid (10) is thinner and or more brittle than in adjoining region of the lid panel (20). The particular feature of the invention consists in the fact that the predetermined breaking line (34) runs outside the rivet base, and a material-thinning embossment (44), which likewise runs outside the rivet base, is provided at least in a lid panel region which is situated between the rivet base (47) and a predetermined pressing point (48) of the breaking-open area onto which a breaking-open edge of the grip tab presses to open the drinking opening, wherein the predetermined breaking line (34) overlaps the material-thinning embossment in the lid panel region and the embossing depth of the predetermined breaking line is greater than the embossing depth of the material-thinning embossment (44).

An end closure for food and beverage containers is provided. The end closure comprises a central panel with a large opening defined by a score line and a safety fold positioned proximate at least a portion of said score line. The end closure further comprises a ring pull tab operably interconnected to the central panel proximate to a peripheral edge of the central panel. Prior to opening the end closure, a tail end of the ring pull tab is positioned over the tear panel. In some embodiments, the tear panel may completely detach from the end closure upon opening.

A lid for a container, such as a food, beverage, or storage container, may include a laterally extending lid body and a tab. The lid body may have a proximally extending protrusion and a distally extending well. The protrusion and the well may be radially aligned with one another. The tab may be fixed to the lid body. The tab may include a nose, a handle, and a medial portion that extends between the nose and the handle. The tab may be positionable such that the tab contacts the protrusion causing the handle to be lifted proximally away from the lid body relative to the handle.

An easy-open can end for making an opening therethrough suitable for pouring comprises an end plate, a score line in the end plate defining most of the periphery of a tear panel while leaving a hinge, and a protrusion formed on the tear panel. To open the easy-open can end, the protrusion is pressed down by a rotating bar horizontally rotated over the protrusion or by a body vertically hitting the protrusion to cause relative vertical movement between the tear panel and the remainder of the end plate, rupture of the score line, and swinging of the tear panel down about the hinge to an open position.

A- lid (20) for a container (21) comprises: a central surface (27) having a substantially circular shape, on which a line of weakening (30) is made, which defines a closing element (39) which can be opened by pulling, made in the central surface (27); and a drive tab (22), having at least a first end (25) to act as a fulcrum outside the line of weakening (30) connected to the closing element (39) with a rivet (23) and able to be driven so as to remove upward, the closing element (39) from the remaining part of the central surface (27), detaching it along the line of weakening (30). The line of weakening (30) is interrupted at one end of the closing element (39) opposite to the drive tab (22), so that the closing element (39) has a connection flap (34) solid with the remaining part of the central surface (27). In the case of aluminum, the rivet is located at 1.5-3.5 mm from the front part of the closing element (39). In the case of ferrous allogs, this distance is 4.0-6.0 mm.