摘要 |
In an easily hand-held metal container construction for containing a product under pressure wherein the container construction has an outwardly convex bottom wall and an adjoining side wall defined as a single-piece structure with the side wall terminating at a top portion adapted to have a top closure fixed thereon, the improvement wherein the downwardly convex bottom wall has a plurality of integral feet supporting the container construction thereon, each of the feet being defined by a downwardly convex dimple having a base portion provided with an outer periphery, a rounded outer portion, and a wall thickness which is substantially the same thickness as the remainder of the bottom wall, and each of the dimples having a central axis and the outer periphery of its base portion disposed radially inwardly from the side wall by a distance at least equal to one half the minimum dimension across the outer periphery measured through the central axis.
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