Patent ID: 8870019

Claim:
A beverage container comprising: a bottom portion; a side portion extending from the bottom portion, the side portion includes at least an interior wall and a corresponding exterior wall; and a balance mass, in pressing engagement with the bottom portion, the balance mass includes at least a core portion encapsulated by an encapsulant, in which said encapsulant provides a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface conforms to a geometric configuration of the bottom portion of the beverage container, and in which the encapsulant is in substantially continuous pressing engagement with the interior wall of the beverage container, and further in which, the encapsulant comprises a side surface with a serration, wherein the serration is adjacent the interior wall of the beverage container, and wherein the beverage container is a beverage can that contains a canned beverage, the canned beverage is in direct contact with the encapsulant.