Patent ID: 8287799

Claim:
A process for the production of a container, comprising: shaping the container of thermoplastic material by extrusion blow molding within a first multi-part tool, wherein during shaping the container is provided with at least one connecting element passing through a wall thereof, wherein with at least a part of the connecting element as a lost shaping male die, the wall of the container is displaced and transformed from one side of the wall into a second tool placed on an oppositely disposed side of the container wall, and wherein the wall of the container is pierced with the connecting element; and wherein the wall of the container displaced and transformed from one side of the wall into the second tool is transformed by the connecting element and the second tool into an outwardly displaced portion which remains part of the wall; and wherein the container includes a passage within the connecting element which passes through the wall of the container when the wall of the container is pierced with the connecting element.