Patent ID: 6673301
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a plastic squeezable tube-shaped container (10, 100), comprising the steps of:extrusion blow molding in a blow mold (38, 40) a plastic intermediate body (44) having a flexible tubular sidewall (12, 112) with a standing ring (20, 120) and an end wall (26, 126) at a first end (14, 114) thereof, said end wall (26, 126), as formed, projecting outwardly from said first end (26, 126) of said sidewall (12, 112); and inverting said as formed outwardly projecting end wall (26, 126) of said intermediate body (44) about said standing ring (20, 120) to an inverted position so that said end wall (26, 126) extends entirely within said sidewall (12, 112) below an imaginary plane (P, PA) extending through said standing ring (20, 120); wherein, during said blow molding step, a hinged interconnection (34, 134) is formed between said standing ring (20, 120) and said end wall (26, 126) that permits said end wall (26, 126) to snap from said inverted position to an outwardly projecting position relative to said sidewall (12, 112) during a dispensing operation.