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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tuan A. Nguyen, Golden, CO (US);
Jess N. Bathurst, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Ball Corporation, Brommfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 6/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 6/28 ;
Abstract
The present invention describes a beverage can end which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of an upper and lower chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and having a unit depth to an outwardly concave countersink of at least about 0.215 inches.