When engineer William Painter invented the crown cork in 1892, the original design sported 24 ridges. The cap included a cork or paper lining to prevent the beverage from touching metal, and it sealed ...

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio - Like a lot of folks, Mark Studer likes to cap off a hard day of work with a beer. But in his case, it's more like 330 beers. That's about how many bottle caps it takes for Studer to ...

The familiar 21 ridges on glass bottle caps are the result of over a century of engineering. Initially, William Painter's 24-ridge design damaged bottles, but after extensive testing, 21 ridges were ...

Forget the floppy beach hats and backward baseball caps, because Burger King is here with what is sure to be known as the hat of the summer. Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, the burger ...