US 11,673,705 B2
Metal bottle can comprising a curl portion for receiving a crown type closure
Jan De Smet, Leuven (BE)
Assigned to Anheuser-Busch Inbev S.A., Brussels (BE)
Appl. No. 17/273,759
Filed by ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A., Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073809
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/049145, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018/5615 (BE), filed on Sep. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347517 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 1/02 (2006.01); B65D 41/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 1/0246 (2013.01) [B65D 41/125 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal bottle-shaped container comprising a neck portion defining an opening to the container, the neck portion extending into a neck finish configured to receive a crown closure for sealing the opening, the neck finish comprising three distinct sections: a proximal section extending from the neck portion of the container and connected thereto by a first bend, a distal section comprising a free end of the neck finish and an intermediate section extending between the proximal section and the distal section and connected thereto by respectively a second bend and a third bend, wherein the proximal section is substantially planar and has a width of at least 0.5 mm measured between the first and second bends.