Method and apparatus that facilitates creating multiple openings on a can top via a common device

Abstract

Aspects for creating multiple openings on a can top via a common device are disclosed. In an aspect, a can top is provided, which includes a device coupled to a surface and configured to create openings on the surface at multiple locations. In another aspect, a method includes forming a surface and attaching a device to the surface, which is configured to create a plurality of openings at different locations. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions is also disclosed. The instructions include instructions for providing access to designs that implement a device configured to create openings in a can top at multiple locations. Instructions are also provided to facilitate receiving a selection corresponding to a desired design which identifies a desired opening mechanism, as well as instructions for outputting data corresponding to an implementation of the desired design having the desired opening mechanism.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A can top, comprising:
 a surface portion; and   a device coupled to the surface portion, wherein the device is configured to create a first opening in the surface portion at a first location, and wherein the device is configured to create a second opening in the surface portion at a second location.   
     
     
         2 . The can top according to  claim 1 , wherein the surface portion further comprises a first score proximate to the first location, and wherein the device is configured to open the first score. 
     
     
         3 . The can top according to  claim 2 , wherein the surface portion further comprises a second score proximate to the second location, and wherein the device is configured to open the second score. 
     
     
         4 . The can top according to  claim 3 , wherein the device is configured to open each of the first score and the second score via a single motion. 
     
     
         5 . The can top according to  claim 4 , wherein the device is a lever having a first end and a second end, the first end configured to lift open the first score, the second end configured to puncture the second score. 
     
     
         6 . The can top according to  claim 3 , wherein the device comprises a first lever and a second lever, the first lever configured to puncture the first score, the second lever configured to puncture the second score. 
     
     
         7 . The can top according to  claim 6 , wherein a first end of the first lever is positioned beneath a second end of the second lever, and wherein a lifting of the first end lifts the first end together with the second end, the lifting simultaneously puncturing the first score and the second score. 
     
     
         8 . The can top according to  claim 6 , further comprising a twist mechanism coupled to the surface portion, the twist mechanism having at least one lip configured to lift the first lever and the second lever via a rotation of the twist mechanism, wherein a lifting of the first lever and the second lever via the rotation punctures the first score and the second score. 
     
     
         9 . The can top according to  claim 8 , the twist mechanism having a first lip proximate to the first lever and a second lip proximate to the second lever, wherein the twist mechanism is configured to simultaneously puncture the first score and the second score via the rotation. 
     
     
         10 . The can top according to  claim 6 , wherein the device further comprises a pull mechanism coupled to the first lever and the second lever, the pull mechanism configured to simultaneously puncture the first score and the second score via a pulling of the pull mechanism. 
     
     
         11 . The can top according to  claim 10 , wherein the device further comprises a push mechanism coupled to the first lever and the second lever, the push mechanism configured to individually puncture the first score or the second score via a pushing of the push mechanism. 
     
     
         12 . A method that facilitates a manufacturing of a can top, comprising:
 forming a surface portion; and   attaching a device to the surface portion, wherein the device is configured to create a first opening in the surface portion at a first location, and wherein the device is configured to create a second opening in the surface portion at a second location.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , the forming further comprising creating at least one score on the surface portion proximate to at least one of the first location or the second location. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , the creating comprising creating a first score proximate to the first location and a second score proximate to the second location. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , the attaching comprising implementing a single lever mechanism, wherein a first end of the single lever mechanism is configured to create the first opening, and wherein a second end of the single lever mechanism is configured to create the second opening. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , the attaching comprising implementing a dual lever mechanism, wherein a first lever of the dual lever mechanism is configured to create the first opening, and wherein a second lever of the dual lever mechanism is configured to create the second opening. 
     
     
         17 . A computer-readable storage medium that facilitates a production of a can top, comprising:
 a memory component configured to store computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions including instructions for performing the following acts:
 providing access to at least one can top design, the at least one can top design implementing a device configured to create a first opening in the can top at a first location, the device further configured to create a second opening in the can top at a second location; 
 receiving a selection corresponding to a desired can top design, the selection identifying a desired opening mechanism; and 
 outputting data corresponding to an implementation of the desired can top design having the desired opening mechanism. 
   
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 17 , the providing comprising providing at least one single-motion design, wherein the single-motion design implements an opening mechanism configured to create the first opening and the second opening in a continuous motion. 
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 17 , the outputting comprising compiling machine code that facilitates manufacturing the can top according to the desired can top design having the desired opening mechanism. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 17 , the outputting comprising displaying a depiction of the desired can top design having the desired opening mechanism.