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3. IN COMBINATION WITH A BEVERAGE CAN HAVING RIMS AT OPPOSITE ENDS:

A FLEXIBLE RESILIENT CAP OF UNITARY MOLDED MATERIAL FOR EACH END OF THE CAN, EACH CAP HAVING A CONTINUOUS FLANGE SURROUNDING THE RIM OF THE CORRESPONDING CAN END, AND FORMING A SHALLOW RECESS IN WHICH THE ENTIRE RIM IS RECEIVED, THE END EDGES OF THE FLANGE LYING IN A PLANE LOCATED ADJACENT BUT BEHIND THE CAN RIM WITH THE CAN END SEATED IN THE RECESS, EACH CAP HAVING A SERIES OF TABS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE END EDGES OF THE CAP FLANGE TO SNAP OVER AND LOCK BEHIND THE CAN RIM, EACH CAP HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED INTEGRALLY FORMED PROJECTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND THE CAN, AND A PAIR OF OPERATIVE WHEELS FOR EACH CAP HAVING COAXIAL AXLE MEANS MOUNTED BY THE RESPECTIVE PROJECTIONS.

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3. IN COMBINATION WITH A BEVERAGE CAN HAVING RIMS AT OPPOSITE ENDS:
- A FLEXIBLE RESILIENT CAP OF UNITARY MOLDED MATERIAL FOR EACH END OF THE CAN, EACH CAP HAVING A CONTINUOUS FLANGE SURROUNDING THE RIM OF THE CORRESPONDING CAN END, AND FORMING A SHALLOW RECESS IN WHICH THE ENTIRE RIM IS RECEIVED, THE END EDGES OF THE FLANGE LYING IN A PLANE LOCATED ADJACENT BUT BEHIND THE CAN RIM WITH THE CAN END SEATED IN THE RECESS, EACH CAP HAVING A SERIES OF TABS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE END EDGES OF THE CAP FLANGE TO SNAP OVER AND LOCK BEHIND THE CAN RIM, EACH CAP HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED INTEGRALLY FORMED PROJECTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND THE CAN, AND A PAIR OF OPERATIVE WHEELS FOR EACH CAP HAVING COAXIAL AXLE MEANS MOUNTED BY THE RESPECTIVE PROJECTIONS.

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