Patent ID: 7052645

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a base; a blow molding extruder mounted to the base, the extruder having a head that is configured and adapted to extrude parisons therefrom; a carriage, the carriage being movably mounted to the base in a manner such that the carriage is movable along a non-linear path between first and second positions relative to the extruder and in a manner such that the carriage maintains a constant rotational orientation relative to the base as the carriage moves along the non-linear path; and first and second molding stations, each of the first and second molding stations comprising at least two mold components that together form a blow mold, each of the first and second molding stations being mounted to the carriage in a manner such that the first and second molding stations move with the carriage relative to the base as the carriage moves along the non-linear path between the first and second positions, the first molding station being positionable beneath the head of the extruder when the carriage is in the first position, the second molding station being positionable beneath the head of the extruder when the carriage is in the second position.