Light weight metal double seam having easy opening features

Claim 1

IN A CAN FORMED OF THIN METAL HAVING A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 0.008 INCH, A DOUBLE SEAM BETWEEN A CAN END AND A CAN BODY, SAID DOUBLE SEAM INCLUDING AN INNER CHUCK WALL ON THE CAN END, A NEXT OUTER BODY WALL OF THE CAN BODY, SAID CAN END HAVING AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTED UPPER SEAMING PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID CHUCK WALL BY A SEAMING PANEL RADIUS, AN OUTER SEAMING WALL SPACED FROM SAID BODY WALL AND CONNECTED TO SAID SEAMING PANEL BY A SEAMING WALL RADIUS, SAID SEAMING WALL TERMINATING AT THE LOWER END THEREOF IN AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTED LOWER CURL, SAID CURL TERMINATING AT ITS LOWER END IN A GENERALLY FLAT RADIUS, A TERMINAL END HOOK OF SAID CAN END INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO SAID END HOOK RADIUS AND DISPOSED NEXT OUTWARDLY OF SAID BODY WALL, A BODY HOOK RADIUS CONNECTED TO SAID BODY WALL AND EXTENDING AROUND THE END OF SAID END HOOK BELOW SAID SEAMING PANEL, A BODY HOOK DEPENDING FROM SAID BODY HOOK RADIUS AND BEING DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID SEAMING WALL AND SAID END HOOK, AND A TERMINAL FLANGE ON SAID BODY HOOK, SAID TERMINAL FLANGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY AND PROJECTING GENERALLY INTO SAID CURL AND REINFORCING SAID LOWER PANEL AGAINST UPWARD DEFLECTION.