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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1978
William G Reynolds, Richmond, VA (US);
Horst F Arfert, Midlothian, VA (US);
Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
In an easily hand-held metal container construction for containing a product under pressure wherein the container construction has an outwardly convex bottom wall and an adjoining side wall defined as a single-piece structure with the side wall terminating at a top portion adapted to have a top closure fixed thereon, the improvement wherein the downwardly convex bottom wall has a plurality of integral feet supporting the container construction thereon, each of the feet being defined by a downwardly convex dimple having a base portion provided with an outer periphery, a rounded outer portion, and a wall thickness which is substantially the same thickness as the remainder of the bottom wall, and each of the dimples having a central axis and the outer periphery of its base portion disposed radially inwardly from the side wall by a distance at least equal to one half the minimum dimension across the outer periphery measured through the central axis.
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