Patent ID: 7922961
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29L,B65D,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of making a plastic container, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a plastic container preform, (b) placing said plastic container preform in a blow mold, (c) blowing said plastic container preform within said blow mold to form a hollow plastic container, (d) placing an RFID tag disposed in a housing having a wall on an actuator external to said blow mold, and (e) prior to said step (c) actuating said actuator and mounting said RFID tag to an external surface of said preform so that said RFID tag is blow molded into an outwardly open pocket of said container during said step (c), when container material is blown against said housing wall which forms a dam against flow of container material around said housing and forms an opening into said pocket through which said housing is visible, wherein said step (e) includes mounting said RFID tag to a closed end of said preform such that said RFID tag is molded into a base of said container following said step (c), and wherein said housing has external features that are embedded into said end of said preform during said step (e).