Patent ID: 8097199
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of making a plastic container having an insert in a wall of the container, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a mold that includes a mold core and a female mold section, (b) mounting an insert on said core wherein said insert includes a plastic housing and is retained on said core, and closing said mold to form a mold cavity around said core, (c) forming a plastic preform in said mold cavity around said mold core and said insert such that said insert is embedded in a wall of said preform, wherein said insert is externally covered by plastic material of said preform so that said insert is not externally exposed, and (d) blow molding said preform into a plastic container having said insert embedded in a wall of the container, wherein said step (b) includes mounting said insert on an end of said core such that said insert is in a closed end of said preform following step (c) and in a base wall of the container following said step (d), wherein temperature of said core is such that said core partially melts said plastic housing wherein said insert is retained on said core following said step (b).