Patent ID: 7104774

Claim:
A mold assembly comprising: a) first and second mating mold components, one of the first and second mating mold components comprising a primary core element and the other of the first and second mating mold components comprising a primary cavity element, the first and second mating components meeting on parting line faces thereof; b) a slide member for carrying a supplemental core element, the slide member supported by and moveable relative to a first mating mold component, the slide member having an opening therein; c) a headless actuating pin for engaging the opening in the slide member to effect movement thereof with movement of the first and second mating mold components relative to one another, the actuating pin being removably retained in a support opening in the parting line face of the second mating mold component, the actuating pin having a notch in the periphery thereof; and d) a key for engaging the notch removably attached to the second mold component by means accessible from the second mold component parting line face, the actuating pin being retained in the support opening by engagement of the notch and key at an angle oblique to the second mating mold component parting line face, whereby, with removal of the key, the actuating pin is removable from the support opening in the second mold component from the parting line face thereof.