Method of manufacturing a container

A method of making a woven strip container by forming a first open ended section having an end wall and four side walls extending therefrom comprising the steps of weaving said end wall from metallic strips such that the free ends of the woven strips extend beyond the woven end wall on each of the four sides thereof, bending the unwoven portions of the strip through approximately 90.degree. so that there are two pairs of opposite sides extending from the perimeter of said end wall;

• displacing the end of each alternate strip from the plane of the side and sliding a preformed metallic strip ring between the displaced ends of all four sides simultaneously, along the lengths of the unwoven strips until it abuts the woven end;
• alternating the displacement of the free ends of said unwoven strips and sliding a further ring along the strips until it abuts the first ring;
• repeating the steps of alternating the ends and adding rings until the final ring is in place;
• said final ring having its outer edge approximately aligned with the outer end of the strips longitudinally displaced closest to the end wall;
• forming a second open ended section identically to the first and joining the two sections at their open ends to form the enclosed container.