US Patent Issued to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY on Nov. 11 for "Method for forming a metal container with a carrier ring and resulting container" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,969, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY INC. (Lynchburg, Va.).

"Method for forming a metal container with a carrier ring and resulting container" was invented by Carlos Andres Mejia-Quinchia (Forest, Va.) and Erika Sheaffer Love (Lynchburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for retaining an outsert on a neck. The method includes providing a neck with a sidewall for a metal body. The method further includes forming an outward curl in the metal sidewall. The method further includes sliding a plastic outsert down onto the neck. The plastic outsert has a first inner diameter at a first e...