A pressure relief device for venting an internally pressurized container
such as an aerosol can has three sections, a concave annular outer area,
a circular central area and an annular intermediate area connecting the
concave annular area to the circular area. The three sections all have
the same thickness. The central area has a center point and an arc shaped
score line extending through 132.degree. to 138.degree., preferably
135.degree., about an arc center. The arc center is offset from the
center point of the circular area by a distance of from about 0.290
inches. The score line has a depth of from 0.010 to 0.012 inches and is
trapezoidal in transverse cross section. The intermediate area meets the
circular area at an angle greater than 90.degree. and the intermediate
area meets the concave annular outer area at an angle greater than
90.degree..