Patent ID: 8066358

Claim:
A fluid interconnect for a fluid enclosure, said fluid interconnect comprising: an overmolded sealing surface of a thermoplastic elastomeric material, said sealing surface having an opening, said sealing surface overmolded upon a thermoplastic surface of a fluid enclosure; a wall of said elastomeric material connected to said overmolded sealing surface, said wall enclosing a pathway, said pathway communicating between said opening and a first end; first and second inclined sections extending from said wall and biased toward one another; an annular sealing surface extending radially inward from said wall toward said first end, wherein said first and second inclined sections have a hinging relationship with said annular sealing surface; and a breakable closing layer connected to said wall and to said first and second inclined sections, said layer closing said pathway at a second end of said pathway.