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A lift-up tab opener for a beverage can is improved by providing an actuator with a finger loop and pressure tab to push open a closure tab as in the prior art. The actuator is modified to elevate the pressure tab with a bend forming a fulcrum, so that the pressure tab can be pushed to elevate the f

A lift-up tab opener for a beverage can is improved by providing an actuator with a finger loop and pressure tab to push open a closure tab as in the prior art. The actuator is modified to elevate the pressure tab with a bend forming a fulcrum, so that the pressure tab can be pushed to elevate the finger loop for ease of grasping it to operate the actuator.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An improved lift-up tab opener for a beverage container having a wall with an upper peripheral edge and a top having a central section and an outer edge sealingly attached to the wall upper peripheral edge to provide a peripheral rim projecting above the central section, the central

[ I claim:] [1.] An improved lift-up tab opener for a beverage container having a wall with an upper peripheral edge and a top having a central section and an outer edge sealingly attached to the wall upper peripheral edge to provide a peripheral rim projecting above the central section, the central section defining a closure tab adapted to be partially severed from the central section along a scoring line when pressed inwardly to open the beverage container, an actuator having a pressure tab near one end thereof and a finger loop on the other end thereof, the actuator having a central holding lip extending from a junction near the pressure tab end and defined and separated from the actuator by an arcuate opening and connector means attaching the actuator central holding tab to the central section of the beverage container adjacent the closure tab so that the finger loop lies adjacent the central section, the improvement comprising:fulcrum means interposed between the ends of the actuator near said junction and arranged to elevate the pressure tab away from the central section, so that it is spaced from the central section while the finger loop lies adjacent the central section, said fulcrum means being located and arranged to cause the finger loop to rise from the central section when the pressure tab end of the actuator is pressed toward the central section.