US 12,291,372 B2
Metal container with a carrier ring and methods of making the same
Gerald Meador, Lynchburg, VA (US); Dennis E. Green, Lynchburg, VA (US); Erika S. Love, Lynchburg, VA (US); and Paul Whittaker, Lynchburg, VA (US)
Assigned to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC., Lynchburg, VA (US)
Filed by BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC., Lynchburg, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,778.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/613,396, filed on Dec. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/452,988, filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308717 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B21D 51/40 (2006.01); B21D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 1/0246 (2013.01) [B21D 51/24 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal container comprising:
a base;
an open top end; and
a unitary sidewall bridging the base and the open top end, the sidewall including
a first portion having a first diameter,
a neck having a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter, a first end of the neck terminating at the open top end, and
a curved shoulder bridging the first portion and a second end of the neck,
the neck including
a carrier ring forming a protrusion in the sidewall, the carrier ring including a top and a bottom sidewall portion, interior surfaces of the top and bottom sidewall portions being in contact with one another, the carrier ring having a second diameter, the second diameter being about 7% to about 45% greater than a diameter of the open top end,
a first groove adjacent to the top sidewall portion of the carrier ring, the first groove having a third diameter, the third diameter being smaller than the diameter of the open top end, and
a second groove adjacent to the bottom sidewall portion of the carrier ring, the neck having a wall thickness of between about 0.025 and 0.356 mm.