Can top for drinks cans

Abstract

The invention relates to a can top for drinks cans. Conventional drinks cans, which are mostly made from tinplate, have a top section with an opening and an upper can edge rolled outwards. The aim of the invention is to improve the drinking properties of said drinks cans. According to the invention, the can top possesses a fixing section with an upper edge stop and a raised stop arranged in the lower region, such that the can top can be fixed to the can edge. Furthermore a drinking section is provided which is formed in one-piece on the fixing section and thus extends in the form of a beaker over the upper edge stop of the fixing section.

1 . A lid ( 1 ) for beverage cans ( 6 ) that have a top section ( 8 ) with an opening ( 9 ) and a convex upper can rim ( 10 ), whereby the lid includes: 
 a lid section ( 2 ) that overlaps the upper can rim, whereby the can rim ( 10 ) surrounds an upper edge stop, and whereby at least one raised stop ( 5 ) clamps the lid section to the can rim ( 10 ); and    a drinking section ( 3 ), that is beaker-shaped at the top and is formed to the lid section ( 2 ),    characterized in that the upper edge stop ( 4 ) is conical in shape, in that the upper area of the lid section is increasingly convex inwards and eventually becomes a circular opening whose inner diameter is smaller than the diameter of the upper can rim ( 10 ).    
     
     
         2 . A lid as in  claim 1 , characterized in that the lid section ( 2 ) and the drinking section ( 3 ) possess essentially circular inner cross-sections.  
     
     
         3 . A lid as in  claim 2 , characterized in that the lid section ( 2 ) expands conically inwards in its lower area, and that several vertical, separated raised stops ( 5 ) are provided in this area.  
     
     
         4 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  3 , characterized in that the outer dimensions of the upper end of the drinking section ( 3 ) are slightly smaller than the lower opening of the lid section ( 2 ), so that a large number of lids ( 1 ) may be stacked together.  
     
     
         5 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  3 , characterized in that the drinking section ( 3 ) has a conical shape expanding upwards.  
     
     
         6 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  3 , characterized in that the inner cross-section of the drinking section ( 3 ) is roughly the same as the inner cross-section in the area of the edge stop ( 4 ).  
     
     
         7 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  6 , characterized in that its outer wall is cylindrical with constant outer diameter.  
     
     
         8 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  7 , characterized in that it is made of plastic.  
     
     
         9 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  8 , characterized in that its dimensions are designed to fit conventional beverage cans ( 6 ) of non-ferrous metal with a pull-tab opening ( 9 ) in the top section ( 8 ).  
     
     
         10 . A lid as in one of claims  1  through  9 , characterized in that its outer wall may also serve as an advertising medium for text or image elements.