ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,534, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A. (Brussels) and ENVASES UNIVERSALES DE MEXICO SAPI DE CV (Mexico City).
"Beverage can" was invented by Jan De Smet (Leuven, Belgium), David Lieb (Beulah, Colo.), Bradley Kenneth Deuser (Saint Clair, Mo.), Evan O'Connor (Leuven, Belgium) and Frederik Fernand S. De Graaf (Leuven, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage can comprising a body having a body diameter Db of between 58 mm and 60 mm, and a base comprising a stand having a stand diameter Ds of between 44 mm and 48 mm; and a method of manufacturing the same comprising forming the body and forming the bas...