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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Timothy L. Turner, Port Charlotte, FL (US);
Randall G. Forrest, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Rajesh Gopalaswamy, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Michael R. Gogola, Itasca, IL (US);
Timothy L. Turner, Port Charlotte, FL (US);
Randall G. Forrest, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Rajesh Gopalaswamy, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Michael R. Gogola, Itasca, IL (US);
Rexam Beverage Can Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A beverage can end is described. The beverage can end has a curl defining a perimeter of the can end, a chuckwall extending downwardly and radially inwardly from the curl, and a transition wall joining the chuckwall to an outer peripheral edge of a center panel. The transition wall is formed in compression such that a portion of the transition wall exhibits a compressed segment having a thickness which is 1% to 20% thicker than a thickness of the center panel.