A portable container and container assembly provides a durable, functional and simple carry-all solution for dry and wet provisions, goods and gear. Exemplary features of various embodiments include one or more of an overmolded pad on the bottom of the container, a removable handle incorporating a releasable retaining structure, a lid that seals within the container cavity and is flush with the outer periphery of the container sidewall and/or has a cellular internal reinforcing structure, a skirt extending around the sidewall that is integral with handle mounts for the handle and/or provides a connection point for external components, and a drop-in tray with a collapsible handle.

In a method of forming a beverage container, a can body is formed from a metal alloy. A can end is formed from a substantially compositionally identical metal alloy. The metal alloy is a heat treatable aluminum alloy . The heat treatable aluminum alloy is produced from up to 100% recycled aluminum material.

Provided is a production line management system for managing a manufacturing line for containers. The production line management system includes a first reading unit for reading an identification code applied to each of the containers when the container with the identification code indicating an identifier being information identifying the container passes through a first point on the manufacturing line, a second reading unit for reading the identification code applied to each of the containers after the first reading unit reads the identification code, and a computing unit for generating a database in which the identifier indicated by the identification code and relevant information about each of the containers are associated, and determining normality/abnormality of each of the containers by comparing the relevant information associated in the database with the identifier indicated by the identification code read in the second reading unit with predetermined setting information.

Provided is a can with a shoulder portion decorated in a novel way. A can includes: a trunk portion; a mouth portion smaller in diameter than the trunk portion; and a shoulder portion provided between the trunk portion and the mouth portion, gradually decreasing in diameter from the side of the trunk portion toward the side of the mouth portion, and having a printed layer and a coating film respectively formed by printing and coating. The shoulder portion includes: a straight portion having an inclined cross-sectional shape along a can axis C; a lower curved portion that is a curved portion connecting the straight portion and the trunk portion; an upper curved portion that is a curved portion connecting the straight portion and the mouth portion; and an embossed portion provided only in the straight portion among the straight portion, the lower curved portion, and the upper curved portion.

A method of forming a coating on a food or beverage container, which includes spraying a coating composition onto an interior surface of the food or beverage container, where the coating composition includes a latex copolymer and a metal drier or crosslinking agent. The latex copolymer is a reaction product of monomers that include (a) one or more styrene-mimicking monomers containing one or more cyclic groups and one or more ethylenically-unsaturated groups, at least a portion of such styrene-mimicking monomers being polycyclic monomers containing ring unsaturation, and (b) one or more other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. Preferably, the coating composition is substantially free of each of BPA, PVC, other halogenated monomers, and optionally styrene. The method may also include curing the sprayed coating composition, thereby providing the coating on the interior surface of the food or beverage container.

Method and installation for manufacturing and inspecting metal containers. The method includes extruding a metal disk to form a metal container having a cylindrical body with a side wall, a base, and an open end opposite the base. After the metal container is formed the thickness of the base is determined by arranging the base between an X-ray emitter and an X-ray receiver and emitting X-rays from the X-ray emitter to the X-ray receiver through the base. The thickness of the base is determined based on the intensity of the X-rays absorbed by the base.

Beverage containers and methods of coating are provided. The beverage containers include a metal substrate that is at least partially coated with a coating prepared from a composition that includes a binder system, a cross linker, and a catalyst.

Provided are a seamless can body having excellent pressure resistance and a method for producing the seamless can body. The seamless can body according to the present invention includes a tubular body section (10), a peripheral ground section (20b) continuing from a lower end of the tubular body section, and a raised bottom section (30) continuing from the peripheral ground section toward a center-axis side. When an outer surface area of the raised bottom section is denoted by A.sub.D and an area of a virtual plane an outline of which is formed by the peripheral ground section is denoted by A.sub.B, a relation of 1.55 ≥ (A.sub.D/A.sub.B) ≥ 1.40 is satisfied.

A beverage container for holding pressurized beverages, comprising a cylindrical metal construction, wherein the container side wall includes one or more indentations or indented shapes proximate the container bottom, wherein the indentations or shapes define the shape of a second pouring aperture when ruptured.

The disclosure relates to a drawn/ironed can having at least an inner surface coating film on a can inner surface side, the inner surface coating film containing a polyester resin and a curing agent, and a stress relaxation ratio of the inner surface coating film after 10 minutes at 1% elongation in a can bottom portion is 50% or higher under a test condition of 100° C., whereby metal exposure due to severe processing such as drawing or ironing and coating film peeling due to heat treatment after molding are effectively prevented.