Decorated beverage can tabs
US9186924B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2517/0092
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A decorated tab for a beverage container has a lift end, a nose end, and central webbing. An enclosed portion of the central webbing has a coating. A symbol is located on the enclosed region which is created by selective removal of the coating by a laser ablation. The symbol has a boundary profile defining a perimeter of the symbol generated by a continuous, uninterrupted vectorized laser dot pattern defining regions of ablated coating. The symbol has an interior portion generated by a plurality of pulsed rasterized laser dots defining further regions of ablated coating.
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