Container, and selectively formed cup, tooling and associated method for providing same

Tooling for selectively forming a blank of material into a container, the container including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a bottom portion extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the tooling comprising:

• an upper tooling assembly;
• and
• a lower tooling assembly,
• wherein the blank of material is clamped between the upper tooling assembly and the lower tooling assembly, proximate to the first sidewall and proximate to the second sidewall, and
• wherein the bottom portion is stretched relative to the first sidewall and the second sidewall to form a thinned preselected profile.

A method for selectively forming a container, the method comprising:

• introducing a blank of material to tooling;
• forming the blank of material to include a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a bottom portion extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall;
• clamping the material between said tooling proximate to the first sidewall and proximate to the second sidewall to resist movement of the material;
• and
• stretching the bottom portion to form a thinned preselected profile.