Patent ID: 6059558
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
An injection mold for molding a product having an array of fastener elements extending from a base surface of at least a small portion of the product, the mold defining a mold cavity for the product and including a mold surface for forming the base, the mold having at least a portion comprising:a series of face-to-face plates, at least some of the plates being mold plates defining fastener cavities for forming the fastener elements, said cavities formed between abutting facing surfaces of said mold plates,for demolding the fastener elements, selected plates of said series being moveable in a direction normal to the base relative to respectively adjacent plates to provide open spaces that free some of the plates from lateral constraint,at least some of the plates freed from lateral constraint being laterally moveable plates constructed to move laterally into respective open spaces to at least partially open the fastener cavities.