Rip tab opener for sealed containers

Claim 1

A RIP TAB OPENER FOR CONTAINERS, COMPRISING: (A) A CONTAINER WALL HAVING A SCORE LINE FORMING A CLOSED LOOP HAVING AN APEX, THE MATERIAL OF SAID WALL WITHIN SAID LOOP FORMING A STRIPABLE CLOSURE; (B) A RIP TAB OVERLYING SAID CONTAINER WALL IN CONTIGUOUS RELATION THEREWITH AND HAVING A FLARED FULCRUM END, A FLARED HANDLE END AND A NECKED PORTION BETWEEN SAID ENDS, SAID FULCRUM END TRAVERSING SAID CLOSURE ADJACENT ITS APEX AND SAID HANDLE END DISPOSED BEYOND SAID APEX; (C) SAID RIP TAB INCLUDING STIFFENER SIDE FLANGES EXTENDING ALONG ITS SIDE EDGES BETWEEN SAID ENDS; (D) AND MEANS JOINING SAID CLOSURE AND SAID RIP TAB BETWEEN AND CONTIGUOUS TO SAID APEX AND SAID FULCRUM; (E) THE HANDLE END OF SAID RIP TAB BEING ARCUATELY MOVABLE ABOUT SAID FULCRUM TO SEVER THE APEX END OF SAID CLOSURE FROM SAID CONTAINER WALL; (F) SAID FLARED HANDLE END BEING MANUALLY GRIPABLE BETWEEN FINGERS OF THE USER TO PEMIT SAID OUTWARD PULL ON SAID CLOSURE FOR REMOVAL OF SAID CLOSURE FROM THE CONTAINER WALL.