US Patent Issued to BALL on Feb. 17 for "Seam seal for wine in beverage cans" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,579, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BALL Corp. (Westminster, Colo.).

"Seam seal for wine in beverage cans" was invented by Adam Stowitts (Arvada, Colo.), Brent Trela (Superior, Colo.) and Ron Burt (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can end (10) for a two-piece beverage container (1) has a public side (32) opposite a product side (34). A cured coating (76) is on the product side (34) of the can end (10) and forms a substantially continuous thin layer thereon. A circumferential curl (12) is centered about a longitudinal axis (50). A circumferential chuckwall (14) extends downwardly from the curl (12). A circumferential...